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OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general from across the country filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court that supports the authority of states to address the rising cost of prescription drugs.
The brief is in support of the state of Arkansas’ 2015 law that sought to require Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to raise their reimbursement rate for a drug if that rate were to fall below the pharmacy’s wholesale costs.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the state will dismiss its lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors, and will refile new lawsuits in state court against each company individually.
The strategic move comes three weeks after McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen Corp. removed the state’s case from Cleveland County District Court to a federal court in Oklahoma City. Dismissing the charges takes the case out of federal court.
In January, the state filed one lawsuit against all three companies.
Suspects caught with nearly $125,000 worth of heroin
TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed charges on two individuals who are accused with trafficking 3.5 pounds of heroin in the Tulsa area.
Kevin Jara, 27, and Raul Estrada, 24, both of Tulsa, have been charged with drug trafficking and possession of drug proceeds after an undercover investigation by the Tulsa Police Department found the heroin and nearly $60,000 that authorities believe is linked to the sale of drugs.
OKLAHOMA CITY – State officials including Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Scott Crow announced today that the state has found a reliable supply of drugs to resume executions by lethal injection.
TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter has charged a nurse practitioner and a member of her office staff for allegedly trading prescriptions for methamphetamine.
During an undercover investigation, nurse practitioner and owner of Advanced Health and Wellness, Patsy Wiseman, 47, prescribed Xanax to the undercover officer, who disclosed they had no medical need for the drug. The officer also told Wiseman they planned to sell the prescription medication.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced his office successfully defended two longstanding state laws from challenges led by a New York City-based abortion advocacy group.
Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai declined to put on hold a 1978 Oklahoma law allowing only physicians to perform abortions and a 2012 requirement that physicians must perform abortions in person, rather than by telemedicine. Both laws were passed on an overwhelming and bipartisan basis, and had never before been challenged.
Rule replaces Obama-era WOTUS Rule
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) replaced the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule with the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Mike Hunter was elected by his peers to serve as the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) chairman for the Midwest Region during the organization’s recent Capital Forum.
The leadership role allows the attorney general to host a regional meeting in Oklahoma City, or another location within the region, on the topic of his choice. He will announce his chairman’s initiative at a later date.
He was one of four attorneys general elected to lead their respective region.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter and U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing today announced a federal grand jury has indicted three individuals after an investigation uncovered allegations of a scheme involving home title fraud.
Laura Johnson, 44, Thomas Johnson, Sr., 51, and Cheryl Ashley, 69, all of Oklahoma City, have been indicted for conspiracy, fraud, identity theft and other related crimes. The trio is accused of using falsified documents to obtain titles on at least 12 homes without the owners’ knowledge.
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