By Staff Reports
Mosaic, the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s diversity business council, named the region’s 2016 Top Inclusive Workplace Cultures.
Recognitions are given annually at Mosaic’s Economic Inclusion Forum to area employers with strong diversity and inclusion strategies.
Scored on their…
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By Warren Vieth
The full impact of Donald Trump’s presidency in Oklahoma won’t become clear for some time, but its implications already loom large in the areas of health, energy, taxes and infrastructure spending.
Policy analysts and political observers interviewed…
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By:
Tyler Parette
November 10, 2016 // Updated: November 21, 2016
By Andrea Eger
Reaction to Tuesday’s State Question 779 vote ranged from relief from those opposed to raising Oklahoma’s sales tax to more vows by demoralized teachers to “abandon ship.”
“It wasn’t an adversarial role. We recognize the importance teachers…
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By Trevor Brown
Republicans built further on their dominance of the state Legislature on Tuesday by securing a net gain of four House seats and three Senate seats.
The change was relatively slight, but contrasted with intensive efforts this year…
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By Rich Fisher
The “penny sales tax” for education didn’t pass, but voters here in the Sooner State did back criminal justice reform; the “Right to Farm” State Question was rejected, yet Republicans won big all over Oklahoma on Election…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 8, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Policy Institute released the following statement on the failure of SQ 779, the sales tax increase for education:
SQ 779 did not reach majority support even though Oklahomans widely acknowledge that we must improve school funding. The results of this…
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By Eric Swanson
A newcomer to the political scene and a former Ada City Councilman are competing for the right to represent District 13 in the Oklahoma Senate.
Democratic candidate Eric Hall and his Republican challenger, Greg McCortney are squaring…
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By Nuria Martinez-Keel
An Oklahoma State University graduate and a current student found 22 is the perfect time to run for the state House of Representatives.
The former president of the OSU Student Government Association and a secondary education senior…
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By Rick Green
A total of 228 measures approved by the Legislature this year and signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin take effect Tuesday, including some to make criminal justice reforms and others to bring in more tax revenue.…
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By William W. Savage, III
(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, NonDoc emailed questions to more than two-dozen candidates running for various offices. More than half of those sent questions did not respond by the Oct. 20 deadline. The appearance on…
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