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Press Releases and Articles

August 21, 2018

TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter has taken action in response to a South Carolina federal judge’s ruling that overturned Pres. Donald Trump’s attempt to delay the contentious Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

The judge’s decision reinstates the 2015 WOTUS rule immediately in Oklahoma and 25 other states.

August 16, 2018

Attorney General Hunter announces he will push for legislation next session that requires law enforcement agencies statewide to enter missing individuals and unidentified remains into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, also known as NamUs.

August 3, 2018

Attorney General Mike Hunter joining Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby (left) and Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton to announce the tribes' lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

August 3, 2018

Hunter: We want to prove our case in front of Oklahomans

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced United States District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange granted the state’s motion to remand, returning the state’s lawsuit against the nation’s leading manufacturers of opioids back to Cleveland County.

Attorney General Hunter said the state’s case remains on track for the May 2019 trial date before Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman.

August 1, 2018

 Commission votes unanimously in favor of AG’s December filing to return tax savings to customers

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today applauded the Oklahoma Corporation’s Commission (OCC) for voting unanimously to require Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) to return tax savings to customers.

July 27, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) announced it would no longer seek pre-approval from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for its proposed Wind Catcher project.

The company’s decision to cancel the project comes a day after the Texas Public Utility Commission voted unanimously to deny the project. Texas commissioners said the project’s benefits were based on questionable assumptions and the benefits weren’t enough for Texas ratepayers.

July 20, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has authored a brief, urging a federal court to reject an appeal by the founder of an atheist activist group that claims he was discriminated against by the U.S. House of Representatives chaplain for not selecting him to give the opening prayer.

The brief, supported by 18 additional state attorneys general and the governor of Maine, encourages the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to uphold a 2017 lower court decision to allow legislative prayer and the chaplain’s decision determining who can give the prayer.

July 19, 2018

Attorney General Hunter speaks at a news conference announcing a 20 count felony indictment on a Tulsa man for charity fraud involving a veterans organization with AARP's Wayne Blackmon (left) and VFW Commander Joshua Starks at the Tulsa VFW on Thursday morning.

July 18, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today advised the State Board of Health to convene a special meeting to amend the rules it passed regulating medical marijuana.

Attorney General Hunter said his advice is faithful to and in accordance with the new law created when Oklahomans voted in favor of State Question 788.

July 16, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today sent a letter in response to Oklahoma Department of Health Interim Commissioner Tom Bates, saying his office will review the legal challenges to the agency’s rules on State Question 788.

The attorney general’s response comes after a letter from Bates requested counsel from the Attorney General’s Office on ‘how best to proceed with the defense of this action’.

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