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The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Kendall Morgan, 44, the former undersheriff of the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department (LCSO) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights violation for using unlawful force on an arrestee.
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REI Oklahoma, a nonprofit economic development organization, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, REI Development Corp., has secured $55 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations. The tax credits are provided by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and provide a 39 percent federal income tax credit for investments into qualifying businesses in low-income communities.
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Demolition has begun of the building at 215 East Oak, the former home of the Mattingly Law Firm. The building, like many others in Seminole, sustained heavy damage in the May 4 tornado. The building sits between Main and Second Street, near the alleyway.
Read moreBy the time you likely read this column, the elections will be over, except for a select few which might go to a recount or have some type of challenge.
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BLS Announces Kindergarten, PreK Students of The Month
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor announced Tuesday that Oklahoma and a coalition of other attorneys general obtained two multistate settlements with Experian concerning data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. Experian is a credit reporting company that serves over one billion people.
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Jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) often require a bachelor’s degree or higher, leaving few STEM opportunities for workers younger than 25 who shape the nation’s future workforce.
Read moreWashington (UPI) – The Indians who came to Washington wanted to assert their ancient culture and there was something distinctively tribal binding them together that to them needed no explanation.
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