Oklahoma State Capitol

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White powdery substance found this week in election board office in Oklahoma State Capitol and in a package sent to the Louisiana elections office.

We don't yet know the scope or nature of this yet, but it does echo twenty twenty-four, when election offices in sixteen states received mail with a powdery substance in the weeks before Election Day.

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I'm Ashton Caldwell.

Kratom and its synthetic compounds will likely be a focus at the Oklahoma State Capitol next year as lawmakers wrestle with how to regulate the addictive gas station drug.

Sierra Pfeiffer reports.

In Oklahoma, Kratom is readily sold at gas stations, convenience stores, and smoke shops.

If you've watched me through the years, you know I've spent years fighting wrongful convictions.

I went to the Oklahoma State Capitol to stand up for Richard Glossip, nine execution dates.

I believe he had nothing to do with the crime he was convicted of, and I've been fighting several years for him.

The Supreme Court reversed his conviction on May 14th of this year.

We love alliteration, right? So the olfactory opinions, I thought, was a really good line as well.

Just, you can't make some of this stuff up that happens at the Oklahoma State Capitol.

And, you know, to tell people, that politics is better than a reality TV show.

Like, honestly.

Do we have enough infrastructure to power what we're trying to build? And once you add AI data centers and the drought we're currently under, which is causing all kinds of issues with water and agriculture, not to mention the electrical grid that's already being asked to do more, that question gets complicated in a hurry.

So this morning at the Oklahoma Capitol, lawmakers spent three hours asking that exact question.

Can infrastructure keep up? The Senate Energy Committee held an interim study called Grid Resilience and Innovation.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwest Power Pool, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Hughes Energy Modernization People were all scheduled to participate.

And then I was past president for two years.

So I got to go to Worcester several times every year.

You know, we'd go to Worcester and walk the halls.

And that was probably the worst thing I ever did.

I'd rather been a horseback every day, you know, anything.