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This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses a delay in the signature gathering for an initiative petition to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole vying to be the next chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations and Budget Committee and more.
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Leaders from Oklahoma’s Five Tribes are asking the state legislature not to move forward with a bill that would shield some poultry farmers from lawsuits, even if they pollute streams, rivers or lakes.
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At least 3,314 students, from elementary through high school, participated in an Indigenous language program at their public school in the 2022-23 school year. That’s over 1,000 more students than the previous school year and 2,500 more than in 2020-21, according to state data.
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The Cherokee Nation plans to build 15 new cell towers to provide service to 16 of its rural communities in eastern Oklahoma.
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Federal courts in Northern Oklahoma have gotten busy since 2020, when the Supreme court ruled half the state is Tribal land. Now a Cherokee woman is joining the federal bench there.
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In just the last few years, the number of Native Americans serving as lifetime federal judges has doubled.
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The federal program gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out. A Democratic Iowa lawmaker called it a "cruel and short-sighted decision."
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The Choctaw Nation, College of the Muscogee Nation and the Cherokee Nation are receiving grants for internet connectivity, education access and tribal language preservation.
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Cherokee Nation's former Attorney General Sara Hill will be the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in Oklahoma.
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OSU Polytech is an initiative to improve STEM education access and workforce development in Tulsa. The project aligns programming and resources at OSUIT, OSU-OKC and OSU-Tulsa.