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In The Know is your daily briefing on Oklahoma policy-related news. OK Policy encourages the support of Oklahoma’s state and local media, which are vital to an informed citizenry. Inclusion of a story ...

Oklahoma House set to hear evidence in staff allegation of lawmaker’s ‘improper behavior’: Rep. Mike Osburn, who chairs the House Rules Committee, said lawmakers will meet behind closed doors Sept. 8 ...

This measure adds a new section 6 to article 3 of the Oklahoma Constitution to require proof of identity to vote in any election authorized by law and conducted by a county election board or the State ...

Several races from the June primary election will be decided in the Aug. 25 runoff after no candidate received a majority of the vote. These include Republican runoffs for governor, state ...

SQ 844 asks voters to give the legislature full authority to change the methodology of how the reimbursements to local entities are decided. Currently, eligible manufacturers can claim the five-year ...

The minimum wage is the lowest wage per hour that may be paid by law to most employees in most jobs. The U.S. federal government first adopted a national minimum wage in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor ...

Oklahoma lawmakers this year passed an income tax cut that, when fully implemented, will be one of the nation’s most significant income tax cuts for millionaires, according to a new analysis from the ...

Senate Bill 1027 (SB 1027) is an Oklahoma law passed in 2025 that makes it harder for Oklahomans to use the initiative petition process — the tool citizens use to place state questions on the ballot ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated starting salaries at Hobby Lobby, which raised its full-time hourly minimum wage to $20.15 in October 2025. The reference to Hobby Lobby has been ...