OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has led an 18-state coalition in filing a brief in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York supporting the U.S. Department of Commerce’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit which is attempting to prevent the Census Bureau from including a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
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June 4, 2018
June 1, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement criticizing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for banning state employee travel to Oklahoma.
“This action substitutes rhetoric for responsible adoption policy,” Attorney General Hunter said. “Oklahoma puts the interests of children ahead of political games. It is utterly undeniable that our state, like many others, needs more participants in the foster and adoption systems—not less.
May 31, 2018
Attorney General Mike Hunter discusses future plans for the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse with reporters after Thursday's meeting.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter and members of the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse today at a special meeting announced the commission will seek continuation of its work examining the scope of the state’s opioid epidemic next year.
May 29, 2018
AG Hunter pursuing charges under law he authored in ’89 while serving in the state House
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed first-degree murder charges in Carter County on a Duncan man after an investigation for allegedly selling a lethal dose of heroin that killed a woman the same day she purchased the drugs.
May 23, 2018
Attorney General Hunter (right) meets with a local rancher outside of Camargo at a volunteer supply distribution center. The rancher was picking up wire to repair miles of fence destroyed on his property during the wildfires.
May 21, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state’s request for certiorari in the Royal v. Murphy case.
May 18, 2018
MIKE HUNTER
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA
Remarks
Thank you, Keith, for that kind introduction.
May 17, 2018
Reports: No money missing, no indictments, comprehensive mismanagement to blame
Attorney General Mike Hunter gives remarks during a news conference releasing the multicounty grand jury report after the investigation into the Oklahoma Department of Health.
May 14, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed a list of recommended guaranteed ratepayer protections for customers if the PSO Wind Catcher Project is granted preapproval by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC).
The recommendations were supported in coordination with the OCC’s public utility division.
In addition to the recommendations, the filing asks Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) to enter into a voluntary agreement with affected landowners along the project’s route to outline a process for dispute resolution.
May 10, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined 12 other state attorneys general in asking a federal appeals court to rehear a case in front of the full court after a three judge panel decided that Ohio must provide funding to Planned Parenthood.
In the brief, attorneys general argue the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit contradicts prior court decisions, including the Supreme Court that has repeatedly ruled that states do not have to provide taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood.