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Oklahoma public nudity law still valid

Maybe the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and the Tulsa Police Department should have a more formal basis for making enforcement decisions than viral news stories. This September 19, 2019, NBC News story about the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, dropping appeals to a challenge to their public nudity ordinance seems...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 30, 2019 1:45 PM

Mike Hunter for Attorney General

There are three candidates for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma Attorney General. One of them, Mike Hunter, was appointed Attorney General to fill the unexpired term of Scott Pruitt following his appointment as EPA Administrator. I will be voting to elect him to a full term. Hunter has had a...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 26, 2018 6:44 AM

Oklahoma primary 2018: Notes on statewide offices

I'll be writing about each office in a separate entry, but here are a couple of preliminary notes. Three of the candidates on the statewide ballot are current or recent members of legislative leadership: Former State Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman, House Majority Floor Leader Glen Mulready, and former...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 20, 2018 11:27 PM