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The U.S. House of Representatives this week voted to pass H.R.1615, the “Gas Stoves Protection and Freedom Act” and H.R. 1640, the “Save Our Gas Stoves Act.”
Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.
Read moreOn Thursday the Supreme Court, in their ruling on the case, “Haaland v Brackeen,” voted 7-2 to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which was originally enacted in 1978 to establish minimum federal standards for removing Native children from their families and required state courts to notify tribes when an Indian child was removed from his or her home outside of a reservation.
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Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, gave the keynote address Wednesday during a ceremony at the Oklahoma State Capitol recognizing the 248th anniversary of the United States Army inception and welcomed around 30 new recruits from Oklahoma, who are leaving for basic training.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education has awarded more than $4.76 million in lottery funds.
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