Biden admin discusses tribes’ broader oversight in oil-rich Oklahoma

 

The Biden administration has reached out to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and is reported to be in talks over the impact of the McGirt U.S. Supreme Court ruling that stripped the state of criminal prosecutions in cases on reservation land.

Reuters reported the talks focus on whether tribes in Oklahoma should have a bigger say over a range of environmental regulations covering much of the eastern half of the state.

 The discussions have triggered concern within Oklahoma’s Republican government that it risks losing control of a big tax base and has stirred uncertainty over future regulation of natural resources extraction, industry and other development in the region.
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