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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Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton is doubling down on his choice to wrap up his chamber's work early amid criticisms from his own caucus and the House. -
Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill Wednesday that would extend the life of Oklahoma's Educational Television Authority, or OETA, to 2031. It's among the latest of about two dozen vetoes so far. -
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stit issued an executive order Wednesday mandating immigration enforcement checks of federal welfare applicants. The move comes amid legislative Republican infighting, as lawmakers eye the end of session. -
Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to end the legislative session early. A bill to gavel out two weeks before the constitutional deadline has passed both chambers, but not everyone is happy about it. -
Oklahoma legislative Republican leaders have largely satisfied their agenda entering the last month of the 2026 session. But hundreds of bills still await final floor votes. -
Oklahoma's Supreme Court will soon decide if Attorney General Gentner Drummond can intervene in a private insurance lawsuit against State Farm. Here is a breakdown of this week's oral arguments. -
Proposals requiring state agencies to report federal welfare applicants in Oklahoma without legal immigration status to law enforcement are dead, for now. -
Oklahoma will soon begin making $250 payments to newly opened Trump accounts, thanks to a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday. -
The deadline for bills to pass round two of committee hearings and head to the floor for final votes is Thursday, but a few of Republicans' top priority bills have already been signed into law. -
A move to overhaul Oklahoma's state constitution by House Speaker Kyle Hilbert has hit a roadblock in the Senate.
