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Local headlines for Thursday, May 9, 2024
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by recent tornadoes.
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City and state officials held a town hall at a Barnsdall church to answer questions from residents about cleanup and restoring critical services.
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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.