Coronavirus In Oklahoma: Former Health Commissioner Kept On As Special Adviser

By Nolan ClayStaff writernclay@oklahoman.comForced out of the top job at the Oklahoma Health Department, former Commissioner Gary Cox remains on the state payroll as a special adviser. Cox, 73, will serve in the new capacity until July 3 and make another $22,600, The Oklahoman has learned. "I have great concern about that," Senate leader Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, said Monday. Cox was commissioner only eight months.Read more on NewsOK.com

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