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Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of a pair of compacts with the state’s tribal nations by Oklahoma’s legislature will not stand.
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Oklahoma lobbyists have spent nearly $380,000 this year on gifts, meals and beverages for state legislators and other elected officials through May, a 42% increase over the same period two years ago.
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With the deadline for the end of the special session coming June 30th, Oklahoma lawmakers are wrapping up their legislative work for 2023.
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Oklahoma legislative committee picks projects for the last of the state's ARPA pandemic relief fundsTwo years and nearly $2 billion later, the Oklahoma Legislature is set to assign the last of its money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
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Legislature eyes cutting Gov. Stitt out of Oklahoma's tobacco, fuel compact negotiations with tribalOklahoma lawmakers are considering measures to cut Gov. Kevin Stitt out of negotiations with the state’s Native American tribes on tobacco and fuel compacts.
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Oklahoma lawmakers recently passed a bill that ensured fentanyl test strips wouldn’t be considered drug paraphernalia. The effort is meant to curtail the sudden spike in fentanyl-related deaths.
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In the wake of a contentious fight over an education budget compromise only unveiled this week, lawmakers are making more time for themselves.
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The vote is the latest in a turf war between the Legislature and Gov. Kevin Stitt's office.
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House Speaker Charles McCall moved to hold the HB1934, meaning it won’t be sent to Governor Kevin Stitt yet. That gives the House some leverage to negotiate on the Senate’s newly amended version of the other big education bill — House Bill 2672.
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Late last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a controversial opinion on the federal 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives the state the authority to intervene in the custody of Indian children, even if they live on a reservation that is not their own.