Oklahoma is offering $1,200 to a limited number of unemployed workers who head back to work Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman
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Oklahoma will pay people $1,200 to get off unemployment benefits and start working.
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order creating the Return to Work Incentive, which incentivizes finding a job instead of continuing to claim unemployment benefits.
The first 20,000 people who qualify and apply for the program will receive $1,200 after completing six weeks of a new job. Our challenge is not to get businesses back open; we ve done that. It s been getting employees back to work, Stitt said Monday. Without a doubt, one of the factors causing this has been the continued extension of extra federal benefits.
Oklahoma s Legislature has a history of passing unconstitutional laws
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
May 2 Oklahoma laws on worker s compensation, trains stopped on the tracks, liquor distribution and medication abortions all have something in common.
Local state and federal courts have found these laws, crafted by
Oklahoma s Legislature, are partially or wholly unconstitutional, although some of the rulings are still under appeal.
The Oklahoma Legislature has a history of passing bills that are later struck down by the courts as unconstitutional.
Passing laws that are later overturned by the courts is not an issue specific to
Oklahoma. Nor is the trend limited to the current Republican-led leadership at the state legislature.
Credit Trump Campaign
A plan to dedicate a stretch of state highway in Cimarron County President Donald J. Trump Highway hit a speed bump this week.
With an omnibus highway dedication bill up for a floor vote, Oklahoma City Democratic Sens. Kay Floyd and Carri Hicks pointed out under state law, most people must have been dead three years before they’re honored with a highway dedication.
Sen. Rob Standridge (R-Norman) claimed the legislature makes exceptions regularly and could do so for the segment of Highway 287 in Cimarron County from Boise City to the Texas border proposed for the former president s name.
State Senator Defends Sexual Comments About Vice President Harris
Oklahoma Democrats filed a formal complaint against State Senator Nathan Dahm following sexual comments about Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Broken Arrow Republican is standing by sexual remarks he made about Harris, during a discussion about paper straw legislation, including his claim that Harris got her start in politics by providing sexual favors. I was specifically talking about one person in particular. So anybody that is trying to make this about all women is disingenuous. Whether they are being intentionally disingenuous or not. My comments were not about all women, they were about one person in particular, and her actions.
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