Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ is making another run at using a state tobacco settlement fund investment portfolio to put his stamp on social and cultural issues at publicly traded companies.

At Russ’ behest, the Board of Investors of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust voted 3-1 on Wednesday on shareholder proposals regarding abortion pills, Chinese investments, diversity programs and so-called gender ideology activism.

After an hourlong presentation and discussion, the board selected 10 publicly traded companies it intended to target with shareholder proposals in 2026. Among the companies are Boeing, Starbucks, Chipotle, computer chip giant NVIDIA, Visa and Mastercard.

Russ said the more immediate goal was to engage the companies in the changes recommended under the shareh

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