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Two Oklahoma tribal nation leaders were on Capitol Hill this week to stress the importance of public safety funding almost four years after the McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling.
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Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe on Tuesday told a legislative panel his agency was no longer pursuing an $8.3 million appropriation this session to restart the prison rodeo at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
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The State Department of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond are separately suing the Biden Administration for changes to Title IX.
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State budget discussions in the Oklahoma legislature are lagging. As lawmakers discuss the line-item minutiae in their subcommittees and the big-picture priorities alongside the governor, disagreements remain on a handful of key issues and the end of session draws near.
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Local headlines for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Pearl Jackson Crosstimbers Preserve surveys, public access planning underway.
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Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt v Oklahoma decision, is expected to be released soon on probation.
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One person is dead and another was still missing in the Northeastern Oklahoma town of Barnsdall, even as Gov. Kevin Stitt toured the tornado-ravaged area Tuesday afternoon.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law intending to reduce Oklahoma’s growing maternal death rate.
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A strong twister ripped through the small Northeastern Oklahoma town of Barnsdall Monday night, killing at least one and damaging scores of homes.
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Local headlines for Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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Oklahoma’s attorney general and state Department of Education are both suing the Biden administration over new Title IX rules protecting gender identity in schools.
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