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Law & Principles
Activists say Muscogee (Creek) Nation should honor treaty
Descendants of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s former slaves say it is time the tribe finally honors the commitment it made in 1866 to give them citizenship.Ray Carter | December 1, 2022
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Law & Principles
Nonprofit creates fake quote to attack anti-CRT law
A nonprofit organization is offering to pay for the legal defense of teachers accused of violating a law that bans teaching children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”Ray Carter | November 29, 2022
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Law & Principles
Lawmaker calls for ethics investigation of Hofmeister
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister may exit office the same way she entered it: under scrutiny for alleged violations of Oklahoma campaign laws.Ray Carter | November 22, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt defends small tribes’ gaming compacts
In a recent federal court filing, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration argues that gaming compacts negotiated with four smaller Oklahoma tribes in 2020 remain legally valid under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) even though the Oklahoma Supreme Court later ruled the compacts were not allowed under state law.Ray Carter | November 18, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Parent reaps second court victory against Owasso schools
For the second time in a month, a federal court has sided with an Oklahoma father and prevented the Owasso school district from banning the man from campus after he objected to allegedly pornographic material in the school library.Ray Carter | November 15, 2022
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Law & Principles
With election over, time to focus on policy
Oklahoma voters have made their choices at the ballot box. Now it is time to focus on good policy. To that end, several major reforms could increase opportunity for all.Jonathan Small | November 15, 2022
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Law & Principles
McGirt critics get strong voter support on ‘reservations’
The endorsements and other forms of tribal support had little real impact on the race.Ray Carter | November 14, 2022
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Law & Principles
Lawmaker’s smear campaign fails
An Oklahoma court has ordered the expungement of bogus victim protective orders sought by a legislator’s wife while the lawmaker was in a tough reelection campaign.Staff | November 10, 2022
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Law & Principles
Stitt wins reelection; money can’t buy Hofmeister love
While that record-setting spending spree might have flooded the airways and mailboxes with anti-Stitt messages, it didn’t make Hofmeister a more attractive candidate to Oklahomans than previous Democratic nominees.Ray Carter | November 9, 2022
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma licensure boards likely violate federal law
Because Oklahoma’s state licensure boards are dominated by industry players who compete with those they regulate, and because no politically accountable entity is authorized to overrule a licensure board’s decision, much of the state licensure system likely violates federal antitrust law and leaves Oklahoma subject to successful lawsuits, according to a state watchdog entity.Ray Carter | October 21, 2022