Stitt addresses State Department of Education departures, illegal immigration

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt said Friday that the reported exodus of more than 130 people from the Oklahoma State Department of Education since Superintendent Ryan Walters took over “sounds like a good thing” and defended Walters’ handling of the department. In a story published first online Thursday, a spokesman for Walters told The Oklahoman that reports of scores of people leaving the OSDE, some out of frustration with its administration, was “fake news.” In a meeting with reporters on Friday morning, Stitt not only seemed to confirm the...