JTN LOCAL
Your news. Closer to home.
Reporting from the states.
A place for the public facts.
The state desk
The latest from Oklahoma
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel .
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Republicans in Congress on Tuesday sent their $70 billion bill funding federal immigration enforcement agencies through 2029 to President Donald Trump’s desk.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education still has not released a final investigative report about allegations that the Biden administration ignored federal court orders on Title IX enforcement.
Continue reading →Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a 23-state letter demanding answers from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts over a climate science chapter in a federal judicial evidence manual.The letter, addressed to Administrative Office Director Robert J. Conrad Jr., expresses concerns about the Federal Judicial Center and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.The attorneys general say the groups helped create the Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, which included a climate science chapter they say favored one side in climate litigation.The letter says the chapter “functions as an ex parte brief for one side of ongoing litigation.”The attorneys general also said the chapter could affect the rights of parties in court.“Federal judges who rely on the Manual to assist them in their duties could inadvertently prejudice litigants due to the bias baked into the chapter on climate science,” the letter says.Skrmetti and the other attorneys general say 27 attorneys general wrote to Federal Judicial Center Director Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in January. That letter noted “methodological and bias conce
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration will defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds to California, due to concerns over fraud, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Nearly two dozen state attorneys general are asking the three top ratings agencies to explain their “ESG-driven” downgrades of fossil-fuel companies.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Six months out from fiscal year 2027, U.S. lawmakers are making progress on the annual 12 appropriations bills that will fund the federal government.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Lawmakers grilled Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary.
Continue reading →
Reporting from The Center Square
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has announced a first-of-its kind settlement with The Vanguard Group regarding its ESG policies.
Continue reading →