( December 17, 2024, 10:56 AM EST) -- TULSA, Okla. — After an Oklahoma federal judge denied a motion to postpone an evidentiary hearing in a long-running case regarding pollution and degradation of waters in the Illinois River Watershed (IRW) by Tyson Foods Inc. and other Arkansas-based poultry plant operators, the parties stipulated to allowing a report from state expert witness Katie Mendoza to be accepted as evidentiary proffer in upcoming proceedings on potential injunctive relief and prudential mootness....