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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday March 28, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Human Rights Campaign Responds to the Full Release of the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Report, Continues to Support Nex Benedict's Family's Call for an Independent Investigation
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, released the following statement in response to the full release of the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's report on the death of Nex Benedict, a 16 year-old non-binary student of Choctaw heritage. The full report does little to fill in the gaps in information about that day or the more than a year of bullying and harassment that led up to  more

Human Rights Campaign: NEW From Walters Watch - Chaos, Defections, and Scandal Continue to Befall Ryan Walters' Oklahoma State Department of Education
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: If Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters thought a weekend would spare him from more scathing stories or his Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) from more chaos and scandal, he was sorely mistaken. * First, Fox 25 and Oklahoma Watch uncovered ANOTHER contract between OSDE and an out-of-state PR firm, leaving Oklahoma taxpayers footing the bill for the $50,000 contract. This  more