Sen. Shortey OUT, Sec. Lopez & Exec. Dir. Cunningham IN
Six days after he was charged with three felonies stemming from an incident with an underage boy in a hotel room, Ralph Shortey officially resigned on Wednesday from the south-OKC Senate seat he had occupied since 2010. In more upbeat news, Governor Fallin appointed former Commerce Secretary Dave Lopez to serve as Secretary of State and as her
senior adviser on policy, economic and legislative issues. Finally, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board named Julie Cunningham as the agency's next executive director. Cunningham, a 22-year veteran of the state's water agency, had been serving as the interim executive director since the departure of J.D. Strong in October 2016.
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