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Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country, whether the particular territory consists of a formal or informal reservation ...
Editor's note: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 800-799-7233.. Oklahoma lawmakers are one step away from closing a gap in a ...
In its annual 2023 report, the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board said the 2022 total of domestic violence-related homicide victims marked four consecutive years in which more than ...
The Sac and Fox Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area (OTSA) is the land base in Oklahoma governed by the tribe. The two other Sac and Fox tribes are the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. The Sac and Fox tribes have historically been closely allied, and continue to be in the ...
Verified News Network (VNN) Oklahoma began researching and reporting on the April Wilkens case in early 2021. Their coverage highlighted Oklahoma’s systemic failures in addressing domestic violence and how Wilkens’ case illustrates the broader issues of criminalized survivors within the state’s justice system, particularly relating to women.
The new law — which Gov. Kevin Stitt signed this spring — comes at a time when domestic violence rates remain persistently bleak in Oklahoma, along with homicides resulting from domestic violence.
Editor's note: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 800-799-7233.. A gap in a state law meant to help domestic violence victims ...
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): Prose is generally well written and understandable by a reader with only a basic grasp of law. Would like to see more varied sentence subjects (i.e. rather than using the state and the tribe, consider switching it up with Oklahoma and the Sac & Fox and other synonyms). Lead ...