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Press Releases and Articles

June 21, 2018

IDABEL – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced a jury has convicted Ernest Lewis of first-degree murder and has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1984 murder of a co-worker.

Jurors only took 45 minutes to deliberate before reaching the unanimous verdict.

Lewis was originally charged in 1984 in the shooting death of Johnny Smith at the K.C.S. Lumber Company in Idabel. The case was later dismissed because of lack of evidence. With no additional leads, the case went cold.

June 21, 2018

"I have no confidence in that process. I have confidence in our lawyers. I have confidence in our laws. I have confidence in a jury of Oklahomans." - Attorney General Mike Hunter said of the global settlement discussions between multiple states and Purdue Pharma

CBS NEWS | June 21, 2018

June 21, 2018

Hunter: I support landowners’ rights to have concerns heard

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed a motion in support of the city of Bixby and concerned area landowners, who are opposing the newly planned route of the Wind Catcher project’s power line.

The new route was pursued after PSO’s original route through Osage County was changed in January. Affected residents and city officials were notified last month of the new route by mail.

June 19, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Mike Hunter today applauded the three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) after they voted unanimously to approve the historic $64 million rate reduction for OG&E customers that was announced last week.

June 14, 2018

State preparing motion to remand in response to keep trial in Oklahoma

Attorney General Mike Hunter today announces the state's plan to file a motion to remand in response to Purdue's attempt to move the state's lawsuit to federal court.

June 13, 2018

 

$64 million settlement agreement represents largest rate reduction ever for an Oklahoma energy utility 

June 12, 2018

Court sides with Hunter’s position that state voter registration roll maintenance program complies with federal law

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today celebrated another victory for the state at the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the laws in Ohio and other states, including Oklahoma, that ensure that the states’ list of registered voters remains accurate.

June 11, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Mike Hunter’s Office has responded to an official open records request regarding how the attorneys were selected in the state’s lawsuit against the nation’s leading opioid manufacturers.

Gentner Drummond, requested specific documents regarding requests for proposals, which law firms were solicited, how the law firms were chosen and the contracts with the firm.

June 8, 2018

By: Mike Hunter Guest Columnist

Having experience working in the oil and gas industry, first as a roustabout and later as an attorney at a private firm, I have firsthand knowledge of how important the industry is to our economy and households across the state. My time as attorney general has only heightened that appreciation.

The total employment impact from the industry represents one out of every six Oklahoma jobs.

June 6, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced an $8.5 million settlement has been reached with Volkswagen (VW) and related auto manufacturers from the state’s lawsuit against the automakers for false and deceptive advertising.

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