{"id":753805,"date":"2025-12-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=753805"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:26:50","slug":"hochatown-fights-for-its-own-zip-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/15\/hochatown-fights-for-its-own-zip-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochatown Fights for Its Own ZIP Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_kPMvwU46e2Q?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hochatown is a 240-person community that shares a ZIP code with a larger city, Broken Bow, which sits 10 miles to the south. But the conflation has become a problem for Hochatown beyond mail delivery errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dian Jordan, Hochatown\u2019s former mayor and current board of trustees member, said that when towns are clumped in with others by ZIP code, the communities could experience everything from ambulances getting sent to the wrong address to tourism dollars getting misdirected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou want your own culture and identity,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cBecause our culture is obviously very, very different than Broken Bow\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its leaders are now turning to Congress for a solution, but Hochatown is not the only municipality whose ZIP code could be determined by lawmakers. More than 70 municipalities across 22 states are lobbying for their own ZIP codes, and the bills that would grant them the designation appear to be stagnant in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochatown is on Choctaw Nation land and has been an established community since the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. In 2022, it was incorporated as a municipality, and its leaders have been trying to get it a ZIP code, used for everything from insurance purposes, emergency response, taxation and data collection on economic growth, since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochatown is a member of the National ZIP Code Advocacy Coalition, a working group of community leaders hoping to use congressional power to get ZIP codes of their own. They\u2019re lobbying Congress to use its power and override the decision-making of the United States Postal Service, which has denied their requests for ZIP codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-4 is-1 is-landscape is-style-borders\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"749477\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>the latest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754196\" class=\"tag-attorney-general tag-cdc tag-covid-19 tag-george-monks tag-measles tag-oklahoma-news tag-oklahoma-state-department-of-health tag-oklahoma-state-medical-association tag-whooping-cough category-health category-publichealth type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\">Paul Monies<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T06:01:00-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T11:05:42-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Two pieces of legislation that would adjust the status of those dozens of communities passed the House in July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/672\/text\">one unanimously<\/a> and the other with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/3095\/text\/rfs\">majority-Republican support<\/a>. But the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has not taken them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a longer story than I can go into now, but we are interested in it,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul, the chair of the committee, said about the ZIP code bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referred NOTUS to committee staff, who did not respond to several requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many lawmakers are unsure why they\u2019re stuck, even as there\u2019s support for the proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochatown specifically has the support of its two senators \u2014 Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin. Both have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/3176\">sponsored<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/2961\">co-sponsored<\/a> bills that would grant Hochatown and North Enid, another Oklahoma town without a ZIP code, a ZIP code of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose smaller communities that are connected to larger communities want to know that revenue is coming back to them, because that really does matter,\u201d said Lankford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, the process of getting a new ZIP code goes through the U.S. Postal Service. But according to Alexander Fung, whose city of Eastvale, California, leads the National ZIP Code Advocacy Coalition, many of the communities included in the bills have already submitted letters and appeals to USPS, only to receive a letter stating that their request has been denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USPS referred NOTUS to a letter from David Steiner, the postmaster general and CEO at USPS, to Paul, in which Steiner said that passing the legislation through the Senate would cost the postal service at least $800 million upfront. According to the letter, they would need $500 million to create a new 12-digit ZIP code system, though towns like Hochatown already had a ZIP code prior to being incorporated as a municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Postal Service cannot afford a significant upfront and ongoing financial burden of this magnitude for collateral uses of the ZIP code,\u201d Steiner wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steiner acknowledged in his letter that ZIP codes serve more functions than simply delivering the mail, but the USPS has been unwilling to accommodate a swath of towns and cities included in the legislation, arguing that many of the reasons for needing them are not related to mail delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But according to Fung and Jordan, both communities still experience problems with mail being delivered or rerouted, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEastvale is virtually missing because of the fact that we don\u2019t have a ZIP code that would designate our city,\u201d Fung said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, Fung said he remains optimistic about being able to get the bills through Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know there are cities from Florida, from Wisconsin or from Iowa that have been working at this for 50 years,\u201d Fung said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not kidding. This is the furthest that any of us have gone, being able to get the House\u2019s support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was produced as part of a partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/\">NOTUS<\/a> and Oklahoma Watch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752353\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adora-Brown-w-BGD.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Adora Brown is a NOTUS reporter covering the federal government for Oklahoma Watch. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-1 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"753805\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MORE FROM ADORA BROWN <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753805\" class=\"tag-broken-bow tag-choctaw-nation tag-community-identity tag-congress tag-eastvale-california tag-emergency-services tag-federal-legislation tag-hochatown tag-james-lankford tag-markwayne-mullin tag-municipal-government tag-national-zip-code-advocacy-coalition tag-oklahoma tag-oklahoma-news tag-rand-paul tag-rural-communities tag-senate tag-small-towns tag-tourism tag-us-postal-service tag-usps tag-zip-codes category-government type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/15\/hochatown-fights-for-its-own-zip-code\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hochatown Fights for Its Own ZIP Code\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_6069a-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/15\/hochatown-fights-for-its-own-zip-code\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hochatown Fights for Its Own ZIP Code<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hochatown is one of more than 70 municipalities across 22 states that are lobbying Congress for their own ZIP codes after the Postal Service denied their requests. Two House bills passed in July but have stalled in the Senate, with USPS claiming the changes would cost at least $800 million.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T06:00:00-06:00\">December 15, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753394\" class=\"tag-bureau-of-indian-affairs tag-dept-of-education tag-dept-of-the-interior tag-education-2 tag-indian-education tag-markwayne-mullin tag-native-affairs category-native-affairs type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/02\/interior-department-takes-on-tribal-education\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Interior Department Takes On Tribal Education\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mullin-Nov-18-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/02\/interior-department-takes-on-tribal-education\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Interior Department Takes On Tribal Education<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Trump administration is transferring 14 tribal education projects from the Department of Education to the Interior Department as part of efforts to dismantle Education. Democratic lawmakers worry this could deprioritize tribal education programs, while some Republicans view Interior as a logical choice given its existing tribal education role.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-02T06:00:00-06:00\">December 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"752740\" class=\"tag-cherokee tag-cheyenne-arapaho-2 tag-choctaw tag-markwayne-mullin tag-snap tag-tribal-nations category-native-affairs type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/10\/native-american-tribes-are-struggling-in-wake-of-snap-uncertainty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Native American Tribes Are Struggling in Wake of SNAP Uncertainty\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Markwayne-Mullin-10-20-2025-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/10\/native-american-tribes-are-struggling-in-wake-of-snap-uncertainty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Native American Tribes Are Struggling in Wake of SNAP Uncertainty<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tribal nations say they\u2019re covering emergency food costs as federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits hang in limbo amid the shutdown. 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