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Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

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Cannabis Regulatory Update: DEA Says Marijuana Seeds Are Considered Legal Hemp If Below THC Limit, New York, South Carolina, Oklahoma

DEA Confirms Cannabis Seeds Are Considered Legal Hemp If Consisting Less Than 0.3% THC The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the definition of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

Benzinga

Big Ten Expansion. NOW What Does It Do? 22 Thoughts For 2022, No. 14

Big Ten expansion - what can the conference do to keep up after the SEC landed Texas and Oklahoma?

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Oklahoma state officials resist Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal authority over American Indian country

It’s unusual for someone to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit one of its decisions. It’s very rare for that to happen almost immediately after the ruling was issued. But in the two years since the court’s ruling in a key case about Native American rights, the state of…

The Conversation

We are witnessing the final days of reproductive freedom in America

The bill – which makes abortion a felony – indicates that the state, like most legal observers, expects the US supreme court to overturn Roe

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Oklahoma's new abortion law doesn't even pretend to adhere to Roe, setting up a showdown

In the game of up-the-ante that Republican-controlled states are playing in their zeal to eradicate abortion rights, Oklahoma took the lead this week. Its new law doesn’t bother with heartbeat standards or clever enforcement mechanisms but just says it outright: Any doctor who performs any abortion at any time (other…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hey Siri: Oklahoma Man Says Apple Watch Saved Him From Drowning

The incident took place in Oklahoma City, which is the capital city of the US state of Oklahoma.

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Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

The Independent UK

Oklahoma readies for abortion ban

Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill that would punish abortion providers with 10 years in prison

Salon

Escaping an abortion desert isn’t as simple as crossing state lines

As states like Texas and Oklahoma restrict abortion access ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court decision, Americans are being forced to travel farther from home to access care. But leaving town to escape restrictive laws is neither an easy solution nor an equitable one.

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Big 12 Needs To Keep Expanding: 22 Thoughts For 2022, No. 15

The Big 12 lost its two stars and made up for it with a smart expansion move. Now it needs to do more. 22 College Football Thoughts for 2022, No. 15

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Oklahoma abortion ban "worse than Texas"

The new law also impacts Texas women, many of whom fled to Oklahoma for reproductive health care

Salon

Oklahoma Votes To Criminalize Abortion

Plus: Panhandling is free speech, Biden may extend student loan repayment moratorium, Florida's wasteful defense of unconstitutional social media law, and more...

Reason

How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history

Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, part of a nationwide, community-based initiative to “plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.” He is also…

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Oklahoma passes near-total abortion ban with threat of prison for providers

Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it illegal to perform an abortion in the state except in medical emergencies, penalising those who do with up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison.

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to make performing an abortion illegal

State house approves bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, and is one in raft of GOP bills to restrict or ban abortion

Axios

Oklahoma lawmakers approve bill to make abortion illegal

House lawmakers were not expected to consider the bill this year.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma votes to make abortion illegal with punishment of up to 10 years in jail

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has said that he will sign the bill, which would be among nation’s strictest

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TransAlta Inks Renewable Power Purchase Agreement With Meta

TransAlta Corp (NYSE:TAC) has entered into a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for the offtake of 100% of the generation from its 200 MW Horizon Hill Wind Power Project to be located in Logan County, Oklahoma. Financial terms were not disclosed. Meta will receive both renewable electricity and environmental attributes.…

The Independent UK

Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal

The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony

The Independent UK

White House condemns ‘hateful’ anti-LGBT+ bills as Education Department ‘well positioned’ for civil rights probe

Jen Psaki says ‘Don’t Say Gay’ puts ‘parents and LGBT+ kids in a very difficult, heart-breaking circumstance’

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5-star 2022 DE Lebbeus Overton makes commitment

Five-star class of 2022 defensive end recruit Lebbeus Overton has committed to the Texas A&M Aggies over Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, and more

The Independent UK

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger marries man on death row

The pair married in a small intimate ceremony inside Oklahoma State Penitentiary this week

The Independent UK

Jen Psaki criticises ‘extreme and harmful’ laws targeting trans people and abortion in Arizona and Oklahoma

‘These laws are unacceptable and we won’t stop fighting for justice and equality’

The Independent UK

‘No matter who it hurts’: How an explosion of GOP bills targeting LGBT+ Americans created a crisis

Conservative Christian groups and ‘parental rights’ agendas target young transgender people with an unprecedented wave of legislation that has nearly doubled within two years, Alex Woodward reports

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