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Law & Principles
Governor begins work on state-tribal jurisdictional issues
To address state-tribal jurisdictional issues created by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the formation of the Oklahoma Commission on Cooperative Sovereignty.Ray Carter | July 20, 2020
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Law & Principles
Attorney General’s tribal agreement falling apart?
Within a day, it appears one of the issues to be ironed out is which tribes were actually part of the agreement.Ray Carter | July 17, 2020
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Law & Principles
OCPA comment on AG-tribal agreement on McGirt v. Oklahoma
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued a statement today in response to Attorney General Mike Hunter’s proposal for federal legislation to address challenges raised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling.Staff | July 16, 2020
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Law & Principles
Hunter proposal raises tax, regulatory issues
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says he has reached an agreement with five tribal governments on proposed federal legislation that would address issues raised by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.Ray Carter | July 16, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislation protects citizen-engagement privacy
A new law ensures that Oklahomans may freely and privately support charities and nonprofits that align with their views without fear of public disclosure.Kaitlyn Finley | July 15, 2020
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Law & Principles
Jonathan Small statement on McGirt v. Oklahoma court decision
Responding to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement.Staff | July 11, 2020
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Law & Principles
Lankford, Inhofe, defend election-security laws
The case involves challenges to two Arizona election laws, including a law criminalizing ballot-harvesting, which is a practice strongly associated with vote fraud.Ray Carter | June 4, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislative session ends with few accomplishments
When they effectively ended the session, lawmakers left with few accomplishments to tout.Ray Carter | May 28, 2020
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Law & Principles
Legislature overrides veto, may restrict citizen choice on tag renewal
Lawmakers voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a tag-agent bill, saying it would increase consumer choice in vendors. But the text of the new law undermines that claim.Ray Carter | May 22, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Stitt vetoes tax hike
Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed legislation that would have increased property taxes on numerous Oklahoma businesses, saying the legislation would “hurt our state.”Ray Carter | May 21, 2020