Janelle Stecklein
Editor-
For the first time in over a decade, the Cherokee Nation has released demographic maps reflecting where the tribe’s over 466,000 members reside. -
“It’s a very sad story,” said Rhonda Bennett of Cherokee history. “Fighting among each other is just a sadder story.” -
It also would allow the state to establish distinctions between sexes when related to important government objectives like biology, privacy, safety or fairness. -
Officials expect they’ll likely ask lawmakers for additional appropriations once plans and costs are finalized -
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has subpoenaed a state agency as part of an ongoing probe into “unlawful activity” related to price market manipulation during a weather emergency that saw energy prices soar to astronomical levels. -
Oklahoma’s governor is pressing the nation’s top collegiate sports governing body to overhaul its transgender student athlete policies to “guarantee a fair environment” for female athletes. -
Lawmakers might have to decide whether two small Oklahoma tribes should have the right to build casinos outside their traditional boundaries. -
Oklahoma lawmakers’ decision to extend tribal compacts without the governor’s blessing withstood its first legal challenge after the state’s highest court refused to hear the case.
