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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gestures during a news conference concerning the state's compact with the Oklahoma Tribes for gambling during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Oklahoma City. Stitt and the tribes are locked in an impasse over whether the 15-year agreements that give the tribes the exclusive rights to operate casinos in Oklahoma expire on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
News

Oklahoma minus the tribes? Something is missing from state's public messaging

By Ben Pryor
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gestures to a sign which addresses the renewal of Tribal Gaming Compacts during a news conference Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Oklahoma City.
News

Oklahoma governor: Casinos are an 'unjust enrichment to tribes'

By Ben Pryor
In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gestures during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Stitt announced Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, the hiring of an out-of-state law firm, Seattle-based Perkins Coie, to advise his office in his attempt to renegotiate the state's gaming compacts with Native American tribes over casino gambling. The governor and the tribes are locked in a dispute over whether the existing 15-year compacts that authorize gambling exclusively at tribal casinos expired on Jan. 1.
News

Oklahoma governor raises the stakes in fight with tribes

By Ben Pryor
Pictured: A man and woman using cell phones.
Opinion

Studying the Native American and Alaska Native population with internet surveys

By Ben Pryor