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In September 2023, he drew media attention for sending emails to directors of state agencies reminding them Stitt encouraged to agencies to not file incremental budget requests in 2025. [6] After Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond released an AG opinion on dual office holding that caused Tim Gatz resignation, Laws maintained his ...
John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party , he was elected in 2018 , defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote.
Republicans in the Legislature called her out for climate hypocrisy, whereas the Governor's office replied that it was done to fit busy schedule and that the Governor does not frequently use private air travel. [54] Notably, sitting Governor Earl Snell was killed in a 1947 plane crash along with two other prominent state leaders.
The Secretary is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary serves as the chief advisor to the Governor on economic development and trade promotion. The current Secretary is Chad Mariska, who was appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt in 2022.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt attends a budgetary meeting earlier this year at the state Capitol. A group of Republican governors is pushing back against clean energy mandates — and Oklahoma Gov ...
On Thursday, Stitt tapped Dr. Corey Finch as secretary of health and mental health. “To be a Top Ten state, we need to have a Top Ten health care system,” the governor said in a media ...
In his statement, Stitt said that as a "law and order" governor, he had difficulty with unilaterally commuting the death sentence of Littlejohn, which was issued by the jury and affirmed by the higher courts in multiple appeals, and hence chose to not grant clemency and hoped that the families affected by the murder of Meers could find closure.
The only Oklahoma governor's debate between Joy Hofmeister and Kevin Stitt was a lively affair as the two candidates traded barbs. Gov. Kevin Stitt, Democrat Joy Hofmeister spar in only scheduled ...