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.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 29, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has requested that the state Pardon and Parole Board deny clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was convicted of murdering Kenny Meers during a convenience store robbery in June 1992.
Attorney General Drummond has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold parents' fundamental rights in decisions concerning their children's welfare.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 19, 2024) – The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General (OAG) indicated it will appeal today’s decision by a judge to continue halting enforcement of Oklahoma’s anti-ESG (environmental, social and governance) law.
Attorney General Drummond is opposing an initiative by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate cryptocurrencies, which he claims would prevent states from protecting their citizens from scams.
Oklahoma City (July 16, 2024) – Oklahoma sheriffs can now pursue grant funding to bolster the services they provide to their counties, thanks to a new grant program administered by the Office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 13, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond commented on an apparent assassination attempt on President Trump today during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 8, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose the Hillsborough County Transit Authority’s no-religious-speech advertising policy.
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 3, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general have filed a challenge to the Biden Administration’s latest attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road.
Complaints about airline carriers and ticket agents can now be submitted to the office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond through an online form. Amid elevated levels of consumer complaints about flight disruptions, a lack of refunds, and lost or delayed luggage, Drummond recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that gives him the authority to review and resolve airline consumer complaints for Oklahoma residents.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 28, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond commented on a federal judge's approval of a preliminary injunction halting Oklahoma’s new immigration reform law, House Bill 4156.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 27, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond made a statement today following the execution of Richard Rojem Jr. The death row inmate was convicted and sentenced to die for the July 1984 kidnapping, rape, and murder of his 7-year-old former stepdaughter, Layla Dawn Cummings, in Washita County.
Oklahoma City (June 25, 2024) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond made remarks today following the state Supreme Court's ruling against the establishment of what would have been the nation’s first taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious public charter school.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office will offer its annual Employment Law Conference with a July 11 session in Tulsa and a July 18 session in Oklahoma City. Registration for the free event is now open.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 18, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised Gov. Stitt for his signing last week of Senate Bill 2039, which establishes the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund and ensures funding to domestic violence is distributed where the need is greatest.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 18, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised a recent ruling by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that ensures Oklahoma schools and universities will continue to separate bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports based on sex assigned at birth.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 18, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a brokered settlement with plaintiffs' attorneys on a class-action federal lawsuit. The settlement aims to deliver long-delayed justice for crime victims and save the state millions of dollars by ensuring due process for criminal defendants deemed "not competent" to stand trial.
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 17, 2024) – Responding to the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit challenging House Bill 4156, Attorney General Gentner Drummond contends the Biden Administration’s opposition amounts to “speculative assumptions about how HB 4156 will be implemented, spurious legal conclusions about the law’s underpinnings, and fundamental misconceptions about a state’s sovereign rights and duties in a federalist system of government.”
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 17, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond made remarks following the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's decision to reject clemency for death row inmate Richard Rojem Jr.
