Briefs and rulings from courthouses across the land.
The Justice Department has closed investigations into stock trading by Senators Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, according to people familiar with notifications sent to the senators. The senators came under scrutiny for transactions made in the weeks before the coronavirus sent markets tumbling.
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the state Tuesday to accept over 260,000 in signatures collected for a criminal justice reform ballot question that seeks to end sentence enhancements for nonviolent crimes.
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An Oklahoma man who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018 was sentenced Friday to 32 years in state prison for shooting a process server who was trying to give him notice of a civil lawsuit.
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law Tuesday a reclassification of several domestic abuse charges as violent crimes, even though an unrelated criminal justice reform ballot measure threatens to mitigate its effects.
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A federal court in Oklahoma entered a temporary restraining order against Xephyr LLC dba N-Ergetics and its owners requiring them to stop distributing colloidal silver, which they were selling as a treatment for Covid-19 and other diseases.
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The Supreme Court appeared unwilling Monday to side with a Native American convict who argued that most of eastern Oklahoma should be classified as protected tribal land.
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Top eight CNS stories for today including California’s pandemic-induced recession could lead to a record $54 billion budget shortfall; The 22.6 million Americans receiving unemployment insurance benefits represents 15.5% of the country’s workforce; The Oklahoma Senate voted along party lines to reinstate a requirement that absentee ballots must be notarized, and more.
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Only three days after it was struck down by the state’s high court, the Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate voted along party lines Thursday to reinstate a requirement that absentee ballots must be notarized.
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Republican legislators in Oklahoma pushed Wednesday to vote on reinstating a requirement that absentee ballots must be notarized in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic – two days after the requirement was rejected by the state’s high court.
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday struck down a requirement that absentee ballots must be notarized, removing an obstacle for elderly and medically compromised voters during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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An Oklahoma mayor hastily retracted an order late Friday requiring residents to wear face coverings after businesses reported verbal and physical threats from customers refusing to comply, including one involving a firearm.
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Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas’ reopening on Friday. Only a handful of the 50,000 residents here, right on the border with Oklahoma, had tested positive for the coronavirus. None had died.
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