Here’s a look at the week’s top stories:
Stitt creates task force to advise on state, local, and tribal jurisdictional issues
(OKLAHOMA) On Friday, Dec 22, 2023 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed Executive Order 2023-32 that created the One Oklahoma Task Force. The task force will advise state leadership on jurisdictional issues between state, local, and tribal authorities.
A look back at Tulsa’s history of overturned convictions
(OKLAHOMA) Henry Jamerson served nearly 24 years in prison for a 1991 rape he says he didn’t commit. He’s trying to clear his name after DNA evidence was tested and cast doubt on his conviction. But prosecutors are still fighting a bid to have his conviction overturned.
Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities
(NATIONAL) Candy Murnion remembers vividly the event that pushed her to open her first day care business in Jordan, a town of fewer than 400 residents in a sea of grassland in eastern Montana. Garfield County’s public health nurse, one of few public health officials serving the town and nearly 5,000 square miles that surround it, had quit because she had given birth to her second child and couldn’t find day care.
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Live Wire with VNN Paid Training
(MUSCOGEE NATION) VNN’s Brittany Harlow was recently featured on Mvskoke Media’s Live Wire show to discuss the network’s upcoming Citizen Journalism Project.
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WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
(NATIONAL) Heavy snow for the Upper Midwest, Cascades, and Northern Intermountain Region, a moderate risk of excessive rainfall over the central Gulf Coast, an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the central Gulf Coast and a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over the southeast Coast and southern Mid-Atlantic.
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