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The commission was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed blocks of Black-owned businesses and homes.

Stitt said his role on the commission was "purely ceremonial" and criticized the move. The governors removal comes on the heels of his support of legislation banning "critical race theory" in public schools. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma on Friday was ousted from a commission created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, days after he signed legislation that would ban the teaching of some race and racism concepts in public schools. The 1921 Tulsa Race M...

Updated: 5:42 PM CDT May 14, 2021 KOCO Staff Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has been removed from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.This, after Stitt signed the controversial House Bill 1775 into law, banning public schools from teaching specific topics on race and sex and prohibits sexual diversity training at colleges and universities. Read the full language of the bill here.In a statement released Friday afternoon, officials said the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacr...

Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Ousts Oklahoma Governor The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission removed Gov. Kevin Stitt from the panel just days after he had signed a bill that banned the teaching of certain concepts about race. On Friday, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission said it had parted ways with Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma.Credit...Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press Published May 14, 2021Updated May 20, 2021 Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma has been ousted from a commis...

This Week in European Tech: Redwood scores €315 million, Vinted knits €250 million, a new high-profile SPAC, and more Updated Happy Friday! This week, our research team tracked 90 tech funding deals worth more than €1.8 billion, and about 15 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey. As always, we are putting all of them together for you in a handy list sent in our round-up newsletter (note: the full list is for payi...

Sekunjalo Group slams Mpati PIC investigation for ’unfounded’ allegations Share Cape Town - Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has slammed sections of the Mpati Commission report which implied improper conduct by the group despite no adverse findings or evidence being presented to support this. The Mpati report was released last year following an investigation into the business practises at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). The Sekunjalo group believes there were numerous unfounded ...

ON THE GO Rivers won’t succumb to secessionist agenda, says Wike after attacks on police stations Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says no amount of attacks on police stations will make the state give in to agitations by secessionists.Advertisement There have been several attacks on security... Four Niger residents freed after ‘paying’ N3m ransom Four persons kidnapped from Tafa, a town in Kagarko LGA of Niger state, have been released by bandits after paying N3million r...

General Court"), seeking the annulment of a decision from the European Commission (the " Commission") to accept a referral under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (the " EUMR") to assess Illuminas acquisition of GRAIL, on the grounds that the Commission doesnt have the power to accept such referral and thus assert jurisdiction. Background to the action On 19 April 2021, the Commission accepted the request made by France – subsequently joined by Belgium, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands, ...

British GGY totals £546.2m in March as slot revenue hits record high 4th May 2021 | By Daniel OBoyle The British Gambling Commission has reported online gross gambling yield came to £546.2m, up 4.1% month-on-month, with revenue from online slots reaching a new high of £202.9m. The figures were compiled using data from operators representing around 80% of the online gambling market. While the Commission has now reported 13 months of data since lockdowns began, it said it was “not advisable�...

A new study from the European Commission has concluded that the current legal framework governing new genomic techniques (NGTs) is insufficient and indicated that new policy instruments should be considered to reap the benefits of this technology. The much-awaited study, which was published on Thursday (29 April), was requested one year ago by the EU Council to clarify the situation following a controversial European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in 2018 that organisms obtained by NGTs should, ...