Oklahoma Voice

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Democratic lawmakers said they don’t know what legislation will be brought up Thursday or what to expect on what could be the final day of the legislative session.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Raising Oklahoma’s minimum wage will require more robust enforcement at the state level to ensure that businesses are actually paying the higher rates, a report found.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a continuation of Oklahoma’s state-funded TV station, contending taxpayer dollars shouldn’t subsidize public broadcasting.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahomans could vote in November on a state question seeking to make major changes to the Medicaid expansion program if a new proposal unveiled this week gains traction.

Sen. David Bullard is working on a constitutional amendment that would bar courts and municipalities in Oklahoma from using any foreign law or religious code that would undermine the U.S. or state constitutions.

A $2,000 teacher salary increase advancing through the Legislature has raised concerns among school district leaders of whether state funding will support its total cost.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposal that could make the state’s top education office an appointee of the governor, rather than an elected position, has failed in the state Senate.

Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A legislative panel on Thursday passed a measure asking voters to let lawmakers access $1 billion in public funding that voters have stored in a lockbox out of their reach.