Ryan Kiesel
Political commentatorRyan Kiesel is a civil rights attorney and political consultant.
He served as Executive Director of the ACLU of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2020. Prior to leading the ACLU of Oklahoma, Ryan served three terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010.
Ryan has been legal counsel on multiple landmark lawsuits dealing with a range of issues, including the First Amendment and the rights of the incarcerated.
He also taught a seminar, Politics and the Law, as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Ryan received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Oklahoma City voters overwhelmingly supporting a measure to use a penny sales tax to build a new downtown arena for the Thunder, State Rep. Mark McBride fighting with Superintendent Ryan Walters' aide over what McBride calls immaturity and a lack of transparency and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss a challenge to an initiative petition to raise the state's minimum wage, Attorney General Gentner Drummond's formal opinion saying women could not be prosecuted for having abortions and the head of the State Republican Party opposing the nomination of former Cherokee Attorney General Sara Hill for a federal judgeship.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the Oklahoma Highway Patrol abandoning decades of precedent and ticketing drivers with tribal tags who live outside the nation's boundaries and the State Supreme Court temporarily suspending three measures related to abortion in Oklahoma.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt's plan to have sports betting in the State of Oklahoma and Stitt's former Secretary of Education, who says she left after concerns over financial issues with the Department of Education.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss Gov. Kevin Stitt and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott traveling to Israel, State Superintendent Ryan Walters' endorsement of former President Trump and the resignation of a State Department of Education employee getting the attention of a legislative leader.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Attorney General Gentner Drummond suing the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board over a Catholic charter school, Gov. Stitt's replacements for the State Board of Education and an investigation of the Oklahoma's partnership with conservative media nonprofit PragerU.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss the chairman of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board refusing to sign a contract to create a Catholic charter school, an announcement by State Superintendent Ryan Walters that he has paid $7.5M in signing bonuses to teachers and another resignation from the State Board of Education.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses a federal judge refusing to stop a law banning gender-affirming care for minors, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approving a contract for a Catholic charter school, and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discuss the short special session called by Gov. Kevin Stitt to cut taxes, State Superintendent Ryan Walters' education budget that cuts $47 million from schools, and more.
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KOSU, StateImpact Oklahoma and Focus: Black Oklahoma won 25 awards from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Professional Chapter for stories that aired during 2021.