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(access required)">(UPDATED) State law requiring cities to contract with Oklahoma Tax Commission for collection of municipal taxes is constitutional, says State Supreme Court (access required)

May 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Courts

Overturning a lower court decision, a unanimous Oklahoma Supreme Court held constitutional Tuesday a 2010 state law requiring cities to contract with the Oklahoma Tax Commission to assess, collect and enforce municipal taxes. The city of Tulsa had challenged the law.

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(access required)">Quick Take (will be updated): State Supreme Court rules that law requiring cities to contract with Tax Commission to collect taxes is constitutional (access required)

May 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Courts

Overturning a lower court decision, a unanimous Oklahoma Supreme Court has held constitutional a state law requiring cities to contract with the Oklahoma Tax Commission to assess, collect municipal taxes. The city of Tulsa had challenged the law. Before the 2010 law took effect, Tulsa contracted with a private firm to collect city taxes. The [...]

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(access required)">MORE UPDATES (comments from law’s author): Judge holds law restricting use of abortion-inducing drugs unconstitutional; state plans appeal (access required)

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Courts, House, Senate

HB 1970, a 2011 law restricting use of RU-486 and other abortion-inducing drugs, is an unconstitutional violation of the “fundamental rights of women to privacy and bodily integrity,” a judge has held.

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(access required)">New Legal Aid director well-versed in needs of low-income clients (access required)

May 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Courts, Organizations

Michael Figgins comes to his new role as executive director of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma with a deep understanding of the issues faced by those who cannot afford to pay a private attorney to help them.

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