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Friday, August 3, 2012
6.4 percent

Percentage of wage and salary workers in Oklahoma that are union members, compared with 11.8 percent nationally, 2011

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Thursday, August 2, 2012
0

Number of employers that have used Oklahoma’s work-sharing program since it was enacted in 2010, largely due to a restrictive condition in the law that prevents it from being useful.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
2,840

Number of deaths prevented per year on average in three states (Arizona, Maine, and New York) that voluntarily expanded their Medicaid programs 10 years ago to cover more low-income working-age adults.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine