All 77 counties in Oklahoma have applied for grant funding through a new program administered by Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office to bolster law enforcement services.
In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 41 other attorneys general have urged lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The call comes amid increasing scrutiny of social media companies for their impact on young people's mental health.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to deny an application from the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation (SEOPC) to build a hydroelectric power plant on the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha County.
The Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Press Association, will host seminars on the state's open meeting and open records laws at five locations across Oklahoma starting later this month. This initiative follows a successful series held in 2023.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 2, 2024) – The Oklahoma Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted two Tulsa County residents and another individual in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the state involving illegal marijuana operations.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 28, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is decrying a hastily called meeting of the Contingency Review Board (CRB) today as a sham likely to reject a class-action lawsuit settlement that would save the state many millions of dollars.
An Oklahoma City man has been charged with defrauding clients out of more than $39,000 for construction work that was never completed, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
Agents from the Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with several law enforcement agencies, led a raid on August 20 at an illegal marijuana grow operation in Okmulgee County. The operation resulted in the confiscation of a significant amount of marijuana and plants.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 22, 2024) – The Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted former Love County treasurer Lory Hull on seven counts of embezzlement by a county treasurer.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 21, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal opinion today confirming that Oklahoma legislators are fully authorized to attend executive sessions of every state agency, board, and commission.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 21, 2024) - With early and absentee voting for the 2024 presidential election set to begin in a matter of weeks, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect election integrity with a pair of recent filings.
In an expedited opinion aimed at ensuring schools have the necessary resources for enhanced security, Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal directive today to the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) to distribute long-overdue security funds to school districts.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 15, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force recently seized and eradicated more than 9,000 marijuana plants and 456 pounds of unlawful marijuana in Seminole.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has praised a recent ruling by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Oklahoma, a 25-state coalition, and other plaintiffs challenging a new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) rule. The contested rule seeks to reclassify pistols equipped with stabilizing braces as National Firearms Act-regulated short-barreled rifles. The decision announced last week reverses a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction on the rule and sends the lawsuit back to district court.
A Tulsa-area contractor faces 17 counts of felony embezzlement and one count of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses following an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Consumer Protection Unit.
Oklahoma City (Aug. 12, 2024) – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond made remarks today following the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board's unanimous vote to rescind the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School contract.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 7, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond expressed disappointment over the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's 3-2 vote recommending clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 5, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office is set to distribute more than $5 million in settlement funds to nearly 40 Oklahoma cities and counties to combat the opioid abuse epidemic.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 31, 2024) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised today’s ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma blocking the Biden Administration’s new rule that attempts to change federal protections for students under Title IX.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 30, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a statement today following the Oklahoma Charter School Board's decision to defy the Oklahoma Supreme Court directive. The directive ordered the termination of an unlawful contract aimed at establishing what would be the nation’s first state-sponsored, taxpayer-funded religious public school.
