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Drummond secures legal victory against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act

Thursday, September 3 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a major multi-state victory against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York struck down the act, declaring the law unenforceable. The law aimed to impose $75 billion in fines to energy producers for prior lawful energy production.... Read More.

Drummond tells Muskogee schools the First Amendment did not require canceling prayer walk, offers future support

Tuesday, August 25 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today advised Muskogee Public Schools that it was under no constitutional obligation to cancel a community prayer walk earlier this month, and offered this Office’s assistance to any Oklahoma district that receives a similar demand. Muskogee 6th and 7th Grade Academy had scheduled a Back to School Community... Read More.

Drummond asks ATF to halt enforcement of struck-down firearms provisions

Monday, August 17 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to advise in writing what steps it will take to stop enforcing provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) that a federal court declared unconstitutional last week in a case where Oklahoma was a plaintiff. On Aug. 5,... Read More.

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Drummond files for preliminary injunction to block aluminum smelter

Thursday, August 13 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block construction of the proposed heavy-industrial aluminum smelting complex in Inola. The motion, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, comes ahead of the Aug. 28 expiration of the Town of Inola’s moratorium on... Read More.

Drummond calls pending state employee insurance hike wrong, easily avoidable

Monday, August 10 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is calling the pending HealthChoice premium increases a crisis years in the making and entirely avoidable. HealthChoice is Oklahoma's self-funded health insurance plan, administered by the Employees Group Insurance Division (EGID) and covering more than 180,000 state, education and local government employees, retirees and their families. At a... Read More.

Drummond urges Congress to help states fight Medicaid fraud

Thursday, August 6 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY– Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. House and Senate to pass two pieces of legislation that would expand the ability of states to investigate and prosecute Medicaid recipient fraud. He and 16 attorneys general sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance about... Read More.

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Drummond backs Senate Fauci inquiry, orders Oklahoma investigation

Wednesday, August 5 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced his support for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci and the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drummond also confirmed he has directed his own office to investigate whether Oklahoma law was violated in connection with Fauci's actions... Read More.

Drummond, Mazzei clash over electricity costs during GOP Governor Runoff Debate

Tuesday, August 4 by News 6

TULSA, Okla. - Electricity affordability became a key issue in the GOP Governor Runoff Debate as Gentner Drummond and Mike Mazzei offered contrasting proposals for lowering utility costs while discussing the proposed aluminum smelter project near Inola. The exchange began after Mazzei promoted his proposal to eliminate Oklahoma’s state income tax. Drummond criticized the proposal before... Read More.

Drummond pushes for stronger ‘Know Your Customer’ rules to fight robocalls

Tuesday, August 4 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen “Know Your Customer” rules to stop scam robocalls before they ever reach Oklahomans' phones. “Know Your Customer” rules require phone companies to verify who is using their networks to make calls and what kind of business those customers are actually conducting. Armed with that information, providers... Read More.

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Drummond: Nine charged in scheme to take donations meant for children in crisis

Wednesday, July 29 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – After an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office, nine people have been charged in connection with an embezzlement scheme at OK City Crisis Nursery. The investigation found that Jennifer Lynn Roberts, 43, the nonprofit's founder and executive director, embezzled more than $50,000 in charitable donations for personal use. That spending... Read More.

Drummond pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls

Monday, July 20 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond urged the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen rules cutting off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. The move aims to protect Oklahomans from fraudsters who use real numbers to deceive and steal from them. Drummond joined 48 other state attorneys general in responding to the FCC's proposed rules, which stem... Read More.

AG Drummond says Cash App settlement to strengthen fraud protections for Oklahomans

Thursday, July 16 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced Oklahoma's share of a $45 million multistate settlement with Block, Inc., the company behind Cash App. The settlement resolves allegations that Block misled consumers about the safety of the app, failed to protect users from fraud on the platform, and didn't provide the fraud protection and resolution that it promised and... Read More.