Neva Hill
Political commentatorNeva Hill has been a political commentator for KOSU since 1998.
Hill been professionally active in Oklahoma Republican politics and journalism for more than 30 years. She is the owner and president of Neva Hill & Company, a full-service political consulting and public relations firm located in south Oklahoma City. Currently, Hill is a consultant to a number of federal, statewide, county, and legislative officeholders across Oklahoma. She has also been a political analyst for OETA-TV election night coverage.
She was also the publisher and editor of The Hill Report, an insider’s report on Oklahoma politics and government, which ended 26 years of weekly print publication when it was sold to an online political newsletter owned by Mike McCarville in the fall of 2006.
In 2004, she was named one of three Oklahoma women to serve on the National Steering Committee for “W Stands for Women” – along with then-Lt. Governor Mary Fallin and Terry Neese, president of Women Impacting Public Policy. In 1992, Neva served as State Director of the Bush-Quayle campaign.
Hill served as Assistant Commissioner of Labor for the State of Oklahoma in 1987 under Governor Henry Bellmon. The following year, she managed the successful state senate campaign for Tom Cole, who later became elected to the United States Congress.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses an audit showing questionable contracts by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and then-Director Shelley Zumwalt during the pandemic, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoing a bill to protect victims of domestic abuse and lawmakers sending Stitt a controversial immigration bill.
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This Week In Oklahoma Politics discusses a new immigration bill unveiled by legislative leadership earlier this week, the State House releasing a budget proposal to include a tax cut already rejected by the Senate and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a low turnout for candidates filing, Congressman Tom Cole's elevation to chairman of the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss the Oklahoma Supreme Court hearing arguments regarding a Catholic virtual charter school, approval for an initiative petition to raise the state's minimum wage to move forward and a preliminary hearing over Epic Charter Schools' cofounders.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses a delay in the signature gathering for an initiative petition to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole vying to be the next chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations and Budget Committee and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a report showing State Superintendent Ryan Walters used taxpayer dollars to pay a public relations firm to promote him on the national stage, a Catholic charter school moving forward with applications to open this fall despite facing legal challenges and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Stitt's veto of a bill designed to save members of his cabinet, Freedom of Information Oklahoma giving awards out to Attorney General Gentner Drummond and State Superintendent Ryan Walters, and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Super Tuesday results, controversy over a fundraiser at Deer Creek Schools when a viral video showed kids licking peanut butter off the toes of other kids and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the resignation of Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz, State Senator Tom Woods doubling down on calling members of the LGBTQ community "filth" and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses new estimates from the State Board of Equalization for lawmakers to craft a state budget for the 2025 fiscal year, Edmond Schools challenging an order from the State Board of Education to remove books from its library and more.