Council Oak legacy, Indigenous voting barriers and Oklahoma supports wind turbines
VNN Weekly Digest April 28 - May 4
Here’s a look at the week’s top stories:
Council Oak Tree’s legacy lives on at CMN
(OKLAHOMA) A daughter of the tree that historically marked the end of the genocidal Trail of Tears can now be seen at the College of Muscogee Nation. Students and faculty held a ceremony on April 22 where they planted the sapling propagated from an acorn of the Council Oak Tree on the lawn north of the CMN Administration Building in celebration of Earth Day.
Barriers persist for Native voters in Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA) The state of Oklahoma had the second to lowest voter turnout rate for the 2024 General Election.
According to the University of Florida Election Lab, in the 2024 Presidential Election, Oklahoma finished just ahead of Hawaii with 53.28% of the state’s eligible voting population heading to the polls.
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Oklahoma supports Enel’s appeal to keep wind turbines operating
(OKLAHOMA) Oklahoma says they have an interest in people being able to use their surface lands under the laws of the state. That’s why Oklahoma’s Solicitor General Garry M. Gaskins is backing Enel and its subsidiary companies bid to undo a multimillion-dollar ruling that said they must remove their 84-turbine wind farm.
WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
(NATIONAL) Prolonged periods of unsettled weather and cooler temperatures, including locally heavy rainfall with flash flooding possible for southern New England and scattered instances of flash flooding and severe weather for the southern High Plains.
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