Logan Layden
KGOU Managing EditorLogan Layden is a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma. He is a native of McAlester, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2009. Logan spent three years as a state capitol reporter and local host of All Things Considered for NPR member station KGOU in Norman and six years as a reporter with StateImpact from 2011 to 2017. Most recently, he was news director for McAlester Radio before returning to public radio in 2020.
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Oklahomans are a step closer to having a new governor and U.S. senator following primary elections where they also rejected raising the minimum wage on Tuesday. -
The 2026 legislative session has come to end. Logan Layden talked with StateImpact Oklahoma reporters about their takeaways on legislation impacting education, health, science and the environment. -
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The effort to adjourn the Oklahoma Legislature early gets complicated. KGOU Managing Editor Logan Layden and Quorum Call Publisher Shawn Ashley discuss the latest in this week's Capitol Insider. -
Powerful tornadoes struck north-central Oklahoma Thursday evening, impacting Vance Air Force Base and the Enid area. -
Following a much dryer and warmer than normal winter in Oklahoma, the possibility of a so-called super El Niño is in the forecast for later this year. StateImpact’s Logan Layden talks with State Climatologist Gary McManus about what that could mean for the state. -
Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore is being hailed as a hero for stopping a shooter at the school Tuesday afternoon. -
On Monday, March 23, KGOU hosted its latest Oklahoma Future forum at Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City. -
More instructional school days, restrictions on the content of library books and grading college students on academic merit alone.
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The federally threatened plant commonly known as Tiny Tim was discovered in Oklahoma within the past few years. Now it’s on the road to being removed from a federal list of endangered species.
