Chez Oxendine

Tulsa

Correspondent at Tribal Business News

Writer at Freelance

journalist, freelancer, writer, TTRPG and gaming enthusiast. he/him. staff writer for @tribalbiz.

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Articles

Appeals court revives tribal lawsuit against SunZia transmission line

1 week ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Energy | Environment A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging permits granted for the SunZia transmission line. The 550‐mile transmission line would carry wind-generated electricity from the SunZia wind farm in central New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California. The project, first proposed in 2008 and approved by the Department of the Interior in 2015, is a result of a partnership between San Francisco-based Pattern Energy and the New Mexico Renewable Energy...
COLT backs embattled $700M casino plan in northern California

1 week ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Gaming The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ embattled casino proposal for Vallejo, Calif.
Supreme Court won’t hear Apache bid to block copper mine on sacred land

1 week ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Policy and Law The Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by a Native American advocacy group aiming to block a copper mine’s development on culturally significant land. The court announced yesterday that it would not hear an appeal by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and conservation advocates. According to the docket announcement, Justice Samuel Alito did not weigh in on the decision to deny the appeal, while Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence...
Water pipes could deliver cheaper internet to tribal communities

2 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Economic Development The next digital highway for tribal nations could flow through their water pipes.
Green banks fight in appeals court to protect $20B in climate funding

2 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Energy | Environment Lawyers for three nonprofit “green banks” attempted to preserve a court injunction blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating their grants during a hearing Monday at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The case centers on $20 billion in clean-energy funding, frozen in mid-February amid EPA questions about oversight and potential fraud, per prior Tribal Business News reporting. The agency later escalated on March 18 by...
HUD allocates $1.1B in Indian Housing Block Grants for fiscal 2025

3 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Real Estate The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated more than $1.1 billion through its Indian Housing Block Grant program for fiscal 2025. The formula-based awards are intended to help Native American tribes, Alaska Native villages, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities modernize existing units and expand affordable housing in Indian Country. HUD’s awards list details awards from $110,000 for smaller tribes in Alaska to $130 million for the Navajo Nation....
Tribal energy authority authors guide for unlocking renewable tax credits

3 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Energy | Environment A tribal power authority has created the first handbook for tribes navigating millions in unclaimed renewable energy tax credits, stepping outside its normal role to solve a critical knowledge gap in Indian Country. The new guide, developed by the Oceti Sakowin Power Authority (OSPA) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and accounting giant Deloitte, addresses confusion surrounding direct pay tax credits that renewable energy experts call...
Q+A: Ryan Butler on Oklahoma's tribal sports-betting future

3 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Sports betting could be coming to Oklahoma in the future — and, given how much of the state is considered to be tribal reservation land, much of the wagering could be online. That’s according to Ryan Butler, senior editor at sports-betting website Covers. Butler began covering sports betting for the site in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision striking down a national ban on the practice.
WEBINAR: Tribes must prepare as casino cyberattacks spread to government services

3 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

Details Economic Development Tribes are staring down a growing cybersecurity crisis, with data breaches now costing an average of $4.88 million per incident — and rising. Accounting and advisory firm REDW shared the alarming figure during a recent Tribal Hospitality and Gaming webinar aimed at tribal governments and enterprises increasingly finding themselves in hackers’ crosshairs. “We definitely hear about it more often lately — 100 percent,” webinar participant Jennifer Moreno told Tribal...
Q&A: Joel Laubenstein encourages tribes to “get moving” on renewable energy tax credits

4 weeks ago | tribalbusinessnews.com | Chez Oxendine

A tax credit introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act remains a compelling opportunity for tribes hoping to stand up renewable energy projects, even amid shifting priorities in a new administration. That’s according to Joel Laubenstein, principal at tax and assurance firm Baker Tilly’s development and community advisory practice.