Walters adviser was called a 'ghost employee.' Now he's gone at OSDE

When now-former state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters left the Oklahoma State Department of Education, so did his highly paid chief adviser.

Matt Langston doesn’t live in Oklahoma, rarely came to the office to work and has been called a “ ghost employee ” by one state representative. Yet, he was long credited for his behind-the-scenes work in pulling the political strings of Walters, the far-right Republican firebrand who left office Tuesday, Sept. 30.