BIZARRE: 8 - What They Never Told You

Oklahoma governor signs unemployment insurance indexing bill

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed House Bill 1933 into law on May 20, which will cut the maximum length of unemployment insurance benefits from 26 weeks to 16 weeks starting Jan. 1, 2023. The law will index unemployment insurance benefits starting Jan. 1, 2025, tying the length of benefits…

Ballotpedia · May 25, 2022

Days before Oklahoma bans abortion, details still uncertain

Oklahoma is only days from enacting the toughest U.S. state ban on abortion and providers are preparing to stop terminating pregnancies

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Oklahoma passes bill banning almost all abortions with few exceptions

Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill prohibiting all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it in the latest example of the GOP’s national push to restrict access to what has been a constitutional right for nearly…

France 24 · May 20, 2022

GOP governor threatens Native tribes

If Roe is overturned, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt threatens, the state's more than 40 Native tribes will be watched

Salon · May 16, 2022

Nebraska governor says young incest survivors should be forced to carry pregnancy: ‘Those are babies too’

Pete Ricketts calls Roe v Wade a ‘horrible decision’

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Grand jury report criticizes Oklahoma governor, parole board

A newly released grand jury report is highly critical of Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Cannabis Regulatory Update: Delaware, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Kansas & Missouri

Delaware House To Vote On Marijuana Sales Bill, Legal Possession Measure Heads To Senate

Benzinga · May 11, 2022

Possible twister flattens store in Mobile, Alabama

Damage but no injuries are being reported on the Gulf Coast after at least one possible tornado struck Mobile, Alabama

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

No-exception laws, once too harsh even for anti-abortion Republicans, gain traction across US

Extreme anti-abortion groups are now emboldened to fight for laws that ban ending pregnancies conceived in rape or incest

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022

Oklahoma joins Texas in offering glimpse of "post-Roe" world

Oklahoma has joined Texas this week with new abortion restrictions

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022