Dylan Brown

6 days ago | kfor.com | Dylan Brown

SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – The Citizen Potawatomie Nation held a Remembrance Walk Friday in Shawnee to honor the many Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. This comes the same week Gov. Stitt vetoed a crucial bill that would’ve helped fund an investigative unit to help solve cases surrounding Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. “The veto, I can honestly say I didn’t understand,” said Lorenda Morgan. Morgan led the way for Ida’s Law after her cousin, Ida Beard, disappeared from El Reno in 2015.

1 week ago | kfor.com | Dylan Brown

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — New Tax Commission numbers released this week show most recipients approved for the Parental Choice Tax Credit were awarded to families earning above average income. The total amount approved was $236 million with a cap of $250 million. Oklahoma Policy Institute first reported the findings earlier this week and found that families earning more than $250k/year made up more than 1 in 4 recipients.

1 week ago | kfor.com | Dylan Brown

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Lawmakers in the House voted Wednesday to send the restrictions on Oklahoma’s Initiative Petition Process to the Senate. It’s Senate Bill 1027, and it essentially requires that every Oklahoma county must get 11.5% of the voters from the last election for it to count. It would limit the number of signatures that can be collected in each county to 11.5% of votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election for a statutory change and 20.8% for a constitutional change.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dylan Brown

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Lawmakers in the House voted Wednesday to send the restrictions on Oklahoma’s Initiative Petition Process to the Senate. It’s Senate Bill 1027, and it essentially requires that every Oklahoma county must get 11.5% of the voters from the last election for it to count. It would limit the number of signatures that can be collected in each county to 11.5% of votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election for a statutory change and 20.8% for a constitutional change.

1 week ago | kfor.com | Dylan Brown

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Two civil rights groups have now promised “action” after lawmakers did not act on the new social studies standards, meaning they will eventually be implemented. The two groups include Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law. Oklahoma families, not politicians or public schools, should decide if, when, and how children engage with religion.