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• Download a PDF of this fact sheet • Read OK Policy’s information and resources about SQ 832 State Question 832 will be on the ballot on June 16, 2026. The gist State Question 832 would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029, then starting in 2030, it would update annually based
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Oklahoma’s approximately $3 billion Medicaid (SoonerCare) managed care program is likely to remain a prominent public policy and political issue for the foreseeable future. Known as SoonerSelect, it covers hospital and physician services as well as dental care, mental health care, and substance use treatment for nearly 600,000 low-income individuals and families. Recently, Attorney General
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For years, the dominant narrative at the Capitol has been that we simply can’t afford to fully fund the things that make communities work — public schools, infrastructure, basic health coverage. We’re told the budget is tight. That tradeoffs are unavoidable. That there just isn’t enough to go around. But that framing falls apart the
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