A state group wants to empty Oklahoma prisons of as many as half of the convicts and they have submitted an initiative petition that would force lesser sentences and help for some of those seeking earlier release. Oklahomans for Sentencing wants a statewide public vote to release thousands of prisoners in the wake of the…
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, a free-market think tank, has filed a legal challenge to an initiative petition that would expand the state’s Medicaid welfare program, saying the proposal is unconstitutional and the petition gist is so misleading it violates state law. “There are a lot of policy reasons to oppose Medicaid expansion,” said…
An initiative petition to bring up a vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana fell short of the required signatures, according to Oklahoma Secretary of State James Williamson. In June, Oklahoma voters approved a statutory provision that permits the cultivation and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The failed petition would have asked voters to…