New MMIWG2T story, missing child homicide, and Stroble tax decision
VNN Weekly Digest July 7 - July 13
Here’s a look at the week’s top stories:
Two-Spirit discrimination persists, as questions swirl around Aubrey Dameron's murder investigation
(OKLAHOMA) Six years after Aubrey Dameron, a 25-year-old transgender Cherokee woman, disappeared from a popular summer destination on the Cherokee Nation reservation, multiple law enforcement agencies in the state have worked on her case. Yet, no details regarding her death have emerged, despite a thorough search for answers from Dameron’s loved ones and a well-known Indigenous investigator.
Broken Arrow police classify missing child’s case as homicide
(OKLAHOMA) Thirteen years ago, Paige Moore walked out of her parent’s home and was never seen or heard from again.
The disappearance of Moore, who was 17 years old at the time, had always been classified as a missing person’s case.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court issues Stroble tax decision
(OKLAHOMA)The Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued its decision in the Stroble Tax case. As previously reported, the Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission in January, 2024.
The court ruled in a 7-3 decision that Stroble is not entitled to a state income tax exemption.
WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
(NATIONAL) Heavy rain and a flash flooding threat over the Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest, heat remains over much of the eastern and western U.S. and an increasing heavy rainfall and flash flood threat for Florida Monday and Tuesday.
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