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🌱 Where Okmulgee County’s data center project stands amid Oklahoma backlash
Okmulgee, Oklahoma Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Okmulgee! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Where Okmulgee County’s data center project stands amid Oklahoma backlash
- Tribal leadership dispute brings Kalshi deal into Okmulgee court
- Scholarship helped a Muscogee student pursue research in Okmulgee
Also on today's calendar: Student Life Club Banquet and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 74 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 66, low: 36.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 60 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• OKC suburb mayor ousted over data center support. Many US cities do the same. (kansascity.com) — Okmulgee County’s proposed Fluidstack data center has a floodplain development permit and a citizens advisory committee tracking its progress. An advisory member says work remains in the dirtwork phase, with construction yet to begin. The update comes as data center opposition reshapes local politics elsewhere in Oklahoma. 
• Intra-tribal dispute lawsuit complicates Kalshi agreement with tribe in Oklahoma (kosu.org) — A lawsuit filed in Muscogee Nation’s Okmulgee District Court challenges an Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town faction’s deal with prediction market platform Kalshi. Rival leader Sam Marshall says his administration never approved the agreement and alleges reputational harm. The case adds another layer to a yearslong leadership dispute that federal officials have not resolved.
• Students utilize Native-specific scholarships to support research, tuition (dailytarheel.com) — A scholarship helped Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen Mackenzie Cullinan make time for summer research in Okmulgee while attending UNC. Her work examined resources for tribal citizens living outside reservation boundaries and informed her honors thesis on cultural accessibility. She is among Native students using scholarships to support education and research amid campus funding concerns.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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