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An OU student walks down Asp Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)
OKLAHOMA CITY â Citizen advocates Wednesday said theyâre alarmed that a legislative plan that proposes securitizing nearly $4.5 billion in debt from Februaryâs winter storm comes without a thorough, transparent investigation into why the stateâs energy supply system failed.
Leaders with VOICE, a coalition of religious congregations, worker associations, schools and non-profit groups, said taxpayers deserve to know who profited from Februaryâs winter weather. They called for Attorney General Mike Hunter to hold profiteers accountable, and they questioned what measures could be put in place to prevent future rate spikes.
Oklahoman
Gov. Kevin Stitt is using “overtly political rhetoric” to exaggerate some of the problems encountered as criminal jurisdiction is reshaped in eastern Oklahoma in the wake of last year’s momentous U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Chickasaw Nation says.
“While differences over historic rulings are to be expected, the Oklahoma Governor has sensationalized and exaggerated accounts of transitional challenges, which actions have heightened political concerns over the process and undermined faith in law,” the tribe told the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday in a legal brief.
“To be clear: The Oklahoma Governor’s overtly political rhetoric is unhelpful, misleading and divisive.”
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