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By Grant D. Crawford and Keri Thornton gcrawford@tahlequahdailypress.com Jul 14, 2021
District 27 District Attorney Jack Thorp called Tuesday s McGirt forum a waste of time.
District Attorney Jack Thorp said a forum with Gov. Kevin Stitt and a group of prosecutors to discuss the impact of the U.S. Supreme Courtâs McGirt ruling was a waste of time, although conceptually, the idea was solid.
The forum, held Tuesday evening in the Cox Business Convention Center in Tulsa, drew criticism before it began. Participants said the event was designed to help victims of criminal cases affected by McGirt, and to discuss the ruling s impact on how criminals are prosecuted in the state. But tribal leaders were skeptical about the forumâs actual intent, with Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. reportedly calling it âan anti-McGirt rally for political reasons.â
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District attorney calls McGirt forum waste of time, says snubbing tribal leaders a travesty
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Montgomery: Summer school teachers in Montgomery Public Schools are getting a bump in pay. The district has increased teacher wages from $25 to $50 an hour to get more teachers in the classrooms to handle an increase of students this summer, WSFA-TV reported. Superintendent Ann Roy Moore and the school board also are looking ahead to the upcoming school year. They’re planning to go back to face-to-face learning full-time. “We found that children don’t do as well virtually in most cases as they do face-to-face with a nurturing teacher in that environment,” Moore said. She said that virtual learning will be used on an as-needed basis.