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Everything you need to know about the Oklahoma ballot initiative (SQ 832) to increase the minimum wage.
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If Oklahoma's lawmakers are serious about improving public safety, they should focus on eliminating justice-related fees and fines.
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Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate in 2023 was 12.5 percent, and Oklahoma’s ranking among states worsened from eighth to sixth
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The 21-month span between Gov. Stitt announcing the SQ 832 election date and the election itself is more than six times longer than the median time for all other state question elections during the last 10 years.
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While HB 4156 gave state law enforcement officers the authority to arrest people who are found in Oklahoma without legal authority to be in the U.S., the "Oklahoma State Work Permits and Visa Task Force” has issued recommendations towards a more balanced approach to the immigration issue.
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