OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a continuation of Oklahoma’s state-funded TV station, contending taxpayer dollars shouldn’t subsidize public broadcasting.
The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority would reach its sunset date July 1 and have a year to wind down its operations, if the governor’s veto is not overridden or counteracted with other legislation. Senate Bill 1461, which Stitt vetoed, would have extended OETA’s existence to July 2031.
State lawmakers overrode a similar veto from Stitt in 2023 and another in 2022 that would have affected the station’s funding. With the state Senate adjourning with no clear return date, it’s uncertain whether both chambers of the Legislature will coordinate a veto override this time.
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