Tag: Oklahoma
Oklahoma new six-week abortion ban, explained
Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma passed a bill on Thursday that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six w [...]
Supreme Court Debates Limits of Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who dissented in McGirt, asked Edwin S. Kneedler, a lawyer for the federal government, whether criminal laws in Oklahoma [...]
Oklahoma passed one of the harshest abortion bans in the nation
The Republican-led Oklahoma state House has passed a near-total ban on abortion except in cases where the pregnant person’s life is endangered.
Un [...]
A State Senator Is Pushing to Attract Bitcoin Miners to Oklahoma
The bill proposes a sales tax exemption for miners that would apply to their utility bills. If passed, Oklahoma would tax crypto mining operations “in [...]
James Inhofe, Oklahoma Senator, Is Said to Plan an Early Retirement
Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, has told officials in his state that he will step down at the end of the year, vacating a seat he has [...]
Supreme Court to Consider Limits of Ruling on Oklahoma Tribes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide a question left open by its landmark 2020 decision declaring that much of eastern Oklahoma f [...]
Defense Department Says Oklahoma National Guard Must Get Vaccinated
The defense department has rejected an attempt by the governor of Oklahoma to exclude the state’s National Guard from a federal vaccine mandate. On [...]
The defense department says Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated.
Lloyd J. Austin III, the secretary of defense, sent a letter Monday to Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma rejecting his request to exempt the state’s Nat [...]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Pentagon Standoff Over Vaccine Intensifies
WASHINGTON — A standoff between the governor of Oklahoma and the Pentagon over a coronavirus vaccine mandate for troops has turned into a stormy te [...]
Oklahoma Governor and Pentagon Standoff Over Vaccines Intensifies
WASHINGTON — A standoff between the governor of Oklahoma and the Pentagon over a coronavirus vaccine mandate for troops has turned into a stormy te [...]
Supreme Court Lets Two Oklahoma Executions Proceed
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution that a federal appeals court had granted to two Oklahoma death row inmates, c [...]
For Tribal Members in Oklahoma, Medicaid Growth Improves Entry to Specialty Care
“This labored out completely,” she stated. “We'd not have been capable of proceed to see Dr. Ward and proceed care with him if we didn’t have Medic [...]
Texas, Indiana and Oklahoma be part of states slicing off pandemic unemployment advantages.
Texas, Indiana and Oklahoma this week joined the rising variety of states which might be withdrawing from federal pandemic-related unemployment adv [...]
In Oklahoma, Florida and different states, Republicans are passing legal guidelines that make it simpler to run over protesters
Within the wake of final 12 months’s Black Lives Matter protests, Republican lawmakers are advancing a quite a few new anti-protest measures on [...]
Taxes are more likely to go up for the rich in these 9 states
Lawmakers in 9 states are proposing greater taxes on the rich to assist fill rising finances holes from the coronavirus pandemic, and the listing i [...]