The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents eat breakfast together ahead of an executive session on Oklahoma State University’s campus in Stillwater on Dec. 6. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Over the past year, the board that governs one of Oklahoma’s flagship public universities has racked up tens of thousands of dollars in bills while eating costly meals, listening to live music and enjoying optional social events and other entertainment outside board meetings.
In all, it has cost over $69,000 to host 13 Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents meetings, according to an analysis of over 270 pages of the receipts from the meetings compiled by Oklahoma State University in response to an open records request. That figure excludes about $11,000 in mileage reimbursement…