Lionel Ramos
State Government ReporterLionel Ramos covers state government for a consortium of Oklahoma’s public radio stations.
Previously, Ramos has reported for investigative news site Oklahoma Watch covering race and equity, reporting on the rising political capital of Latinos in Oklahoma, the resettlement of Afghan refugees, the stakes for Indigenous Oklahomans in the Supreme Court's 2023 Brackeen v. Haaland decision, unemployment, housing, and veterans’ issues.
Born into the circus, Ramos traveled across the country in an RV with his family for the first half of his life. He eventually landed in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended high school and community college before transferring to Texas State University in San Marcos. He holds a bachelor's degree in English with a focus on creative writing. While a student at Texas State, he covered local and student government for the college newspaper, The University Star.
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Oklahoma's primary runoffs are weeks away, but people are already placing bets on who will win. Here is how prediction markets could impact our elections. -
Gov. Kevin Stitt is giving Oklahoma's State Superintendent of Public Instruction double duty. He appointed Lindel Fields to his cabinet as Education Secretary Wednesday. -
On Thursday, The U.S. Department of Justice filed the first case in a special court for immigrants facing terror charges. The case is tied to a foiled 2024 election day mass shooting plot hatched in OKC. -
Late last year, a pair of Oklahoma companies sued CompSource Mutual Insurance over its plan to reorganize into a stock company. Now, lawyers for the plaintiffs say the state's top insurance official may have helped set the plan in motion. -
With the August primary runoffs on the horizon, one high-priority issue for Oklahoma voters is tax relief. Here is a summary of the plans leading Republican candidates for governor have, if they win. -
With August runoffs fast approaching, two Republicans are facing off for their party's nomination to be insurance commissioner, but not without a little bit of election season drama. -
New medical marijuana packaging rules will take effect this fall. Frustrated advocates took to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority's advisory council to voice their concerns. -
The White House named Oklahoma as one of several states with voter roll data "compromised" by China. Oklahoma's Election officials say that's misleading. -
The Oklahoma State Election Board held a public drawing Wednesday to determine the order political parties and candidates will appear on the ballot in November. Here's more on the process. -
Trump Accounts officially went live over the holiday weekend. But Oklahoma parents who already have them are still waiting for the state's contribution that lawmakers promised earlier this year.
