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1 week ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has rescheduled oral arguments in the Muscogee Freedmen citizenship case for Tuesday, June 10, while also ordering the hearing be conducted via Zoom. A livestream of the oral arguments will be available to the public on the court’s website and the video will be publicly available until the end of the day, according to an order from the court.
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2 weeks ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
A grand jury petition seeking to charge and remove Wagoner County District Attorney Jack Thorp and Wagoner County Sheriff Chris Elliott was approved for circulation by the presiding district court judge April 29. The entering of the order gave petitioners 45 days to collect 4,299 signatures from eligible county voters to empanel a grand jury to investigate the petition’s allegations.
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3 weeks ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
In their respective Tulsa-area special elections for House District 71 and House District 74, Beverly Atteberry and Kevin Norwood won the Republican nominations and will proceed to June’s general election. Norwood becomes the front runner in HD 74, a conservative-leaning suburban district centered around Owasso, while Atteberry faces an uphill battle to flip the increasingly Democratic-leaning urban HD 71.
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3 weeks ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Edwards was found dead at his home Monday during a Muskogee Police Department welfare check. Edwards was appointed district attorney of District 15 by Gov. Kevin Stitt in October 2021 after his predecessor, Orvil Loge, resigned to accept an appointment as a special judge. A police spokesperson said Edwards’ death does not appear to be suspicious, although a medical examiner has yet to release a cause of death.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
During a short meeting Thursday, the Tulsa Housing Authority approved a resolution to amend its administrative plan for its housing voucher program to include steps that would terminate vouchers if an ongoing funding crisis does not get resolved at the federal level. Despite the vote, agency officials emphasized that there currently are no plans to revoke existing vouchers that support low-income residents by paying landlords a portion of rent.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
Realtor Sheila Vancuren and minister Kevin Norwood both have been active in the Owasso community for decades, and after the May 13 Republican runoff election, one of them will become the frontrunner to represent the conservative-leaning House District 74. Prior HD 74 Rep. Mark Vancuren (R-Owasso), Sheila Vancuren’s husband, resigned from the Legislature to serve as deputy county commissioner under Lonnie Sims, a former representative from Jenks elected to the Tulsa County seat last year.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
Republicans Tania Garza and Beverly Atteberry are looking to flip House District 71 in an upcoming special election to replace former Democratic Rep. Amanda Swope, who resigned for employment with the City of Tulsa. But before either candidate can face the Democratic nominee Amanda Clinton, they have to win majority support from HD 71 GOP voters on May 13.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
Effective May 31, former Congressman Brad Carson announced in a tweet he is stepping down as president of the University of Tulsa to lead Americans for Responsible Innovation, an artificial intelligence-related nonprofit based in Washington D.C.“I’m making this decision for two reasons. First, I believe artificial intelligence is the most important issue confronting the world today. Over the next few years, global norms and governance structures around this world-changing technology will be set.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless
In a case stemming from the ongoing battle over whether Freedmen descendants can be citizens of the tribal nation, the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court declared a special judge law unconstitutional April 22, blocking the legislative and executive branches from appointing temporary special justices to sit for one specific case when a justice recuses. The court said the law, passed by the Muscogee National Council, violated the nation’s separation of powers protections.
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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless |Andrea Hancock
A review requested by the U.S. Department of the Treasury has alleged the previous administration of the Kiowa Tribe improperly spent several million dollars in COVID-19 relief funding between 2020 and 2022. The findings likely come as no surprise for the many Kiowa citizens who lambasted previous Chairman Matthew Komalty during ultimately unsuccessful recall and impeachment attempts.
