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The House on Feb. 29 passed House Bill 4097, also known as the Oklahoma State Transmission Accountability and Reliability Act (Oklahoma STAR Act).
Read moreWithin minutes of Gov. Kevin Stitt signing into law repeal of the state portion of the state-local sales tax on groceries, he and House Speaker Charles McCall sent a message: There’s still more work to do on taxes.
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Read moreIndependent Journalism Center Ray Carter is the director of OCPA’s Center for Independent Journalism. He has two decades of experience in journalism and communications. He previously served as senior Capitol reporter for The Journal Record, media director for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and chief editorial writer at The Oklahoman. As a reporter for The Journal Record, Carter received 12 Carl Rogan Awards in four years—including awards for investigative reporting, general news reporting, feature writing, spot news reporting, business reporting, and sports reporting. While at The Oklahoman, he was the recipient of several awards, including first place in the editorial writing category of the Associated Press/ Oklahoma News Executives Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition for an editorial on the history of racism in the Oklahoma legislature.
Read moreThe first month of the legislative session has been eventful with committee work, passing a grocery tax cut and working on the state budget.
Read moreLegislation to move Oklahoma school-board elections to a November ballot has received strong support from a state House committee.
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