Stitt vetoes funding for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons office on MMIP Day

Stitt vetoes bill funding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples investigations

In his veto message, Gov. Kevin Stitt did not point to budgetary concerns, rather he said the bill was an attempt to put one race above another.

Stitt vetoes Ida’s Law expansion to help Missing Murdered Indigenous People

OKLAHOMA CITY — On a day meant to honor and bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous people, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have expanded Ida’s Law. The legislation was named after 29-year-old Ida Beard, a Cheyenne and Arapaho woman who disappeared in 2015. It would have mandated the Oklahoma State […] The post Stitt vetoes Ida’s Law expansion to help Missing Murdered Indigenous People appeared first on The Black Wa…

Gov. Stitt vetoes bill for state to fund OSBI unit investigating missing and murdered Indigenous people

Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma should not fund investigators focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Bill to allow state funding for Office of Liaison for Missing Murdered Indigenous People vetoed on MMIP Awareness Day

A bill to allow state funding for the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) was vetoed on MMIP Awareness Day.

Stitt vetoes funding for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons office on MMIP Day

On May 5, tribes across Oklahoma gathered to honor and remember Indigenous people who were murdered or are still missing. On the same day, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed House Bill 1137, which would've provided state funding for the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons within the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The bill would've amended the existing Ida's Law or House Bill 3345. In its current state, it has…

Bartlesville Radio » News » Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. Responds to Gov. Stitt's Veto of Bill Related to MMIP

Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr announced that Cherokee Nation leaders gathered Friday, May 2, to acknowledge the month of May as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Month in the tribe.   Hoskin said he joined tribal leaders and MMIP advocates to sign a proclamation acknowledging the ongoing crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous persons across the country.    Hoskin was surp…