Unions decline in state, U.S.

Union membership in Oklahoma dropped slightly in the past two years, from 6.2% of wage and salary workers in 2019 to 6.0% last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s union membership rate peaked in 1990, when it averaged 10.6%, and fell to a low point of 5.

State earmarks funds to repower, replace older trucks, buses

OKLAHOMA CITY – Nearly $3.5 million is available for a reimbursement program to replace or repower eligible on-road vehicles. The goal of the program is to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by replacing or repowering older vehicles with newer diesel or alternative fueled vehicles.

State to sell $17.5M in bonds to rehab 12 upstream dams

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Legislature this year authorized the sale of $17.5 million in bonds to finance repairs and rehabilitation of several high-hazard upstream flood control dams.