Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders on Thursday met for a second day of public budget negotiations where tax cuts figured in prominently.
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The State Department of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond are separately suing the Biden Administration for changes to Title IX.
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As part of the "We, the voters" series exploring immigration, we meet Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, a Mexican American representing Arizona's Sixth Congressional District.
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