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Citing 'this is about jobs,' Tulsa County may have airport tax to support airline businesses

By P.J. LASSEK & BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writers
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Tulsa County voters likely will be asked on the Nov. 6 ballot to approve a roughly $340 million tax package to benefit American Airlines and airport industrial businesses, multiple sources said Monday.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Oklahoma legislative leaders announce a standstill budget, with no new funding for public schools By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Reader comments (46) Top state leaders announced a standstill state budget Monday with no new funding for public ...		House Republicans say Oklahoma tax bill would increase taxes for some By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (15) A tax-cutting proposal backed by Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Mary Fallin faces ...
Controversial insurance bill dies in committee By MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.com Reader comments (1) A bill that opponents said would have allowed insurance companies to sell policies without ...		Oklahoma City memorial museum set for hi-tech upgrades By SILAS ALLEN NewsOK.com Reader comments (1) Changes are coming for the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.
Good speech and vocabulary often lost to ideology By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Reader comments (4) Shakespeare wrote that brevity is the soul of wit.		High court rules children conceived after dad died won't get benefits By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Reader comments (13) The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man's children who were conceived through artificial ...

Monday, May 21, 2012
State still shuns Obama By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Reader comments (326) Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney may not have done all that well in the state ...		Plans move ahead for new park along Riverside By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (47) A splash park designed to look like a rocky riverbed and a shelter built with native stone ...
Bill narrowly passes House despite objection that it helps fund abortions By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Reader comments (23) The measure would continue the life of an oversight committee that handles state employee contributions ...		Oklahoma's congressmen file financial reports By CHRIS CASTEEL Reader comments (16) Some members of Oklahoma's congressional delegation made more money outside of Congress last ...
NATO shifts to help an elusive Afghanistan peace By BEN FELLER & ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Reader comments (1) President Barack Obama and NATO allies declared Sunday that the end of the long and unpopular ...

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Key issues left to be resolved in legislative session By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Reader comments (3) With no more than five days left in the regular legislative session, some key elements of state ...		State, feds in $50M dispute over child-welfare law By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) Despite a recent federal agency's threat to withhold $50 million, no state has been warned ...
Tulsa's new recycling system to be simple and effective, city officials say By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (12) Tulsa's recyclables are expected to increase from 2,400 tons to 29,000 tons per year under ...		Tulsa residents can start ordering trash carts By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (9) Nearly 4,000 Tulsans called in or went online as of noon Friday to select the trash cart sizes ...
Civic leader Sharon King Davis considers a run for Tulsa mayor By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (3) Sharon King Davis has spent her life being politically active.		Pastor looks forward to anniversary By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer Reader comments (1) The questions seemed to catch Pastor John Myers off guard.
Joplin One Year Later: Joplin Globe staff persevered and kept delivering the news By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) Wally Kennedy sat at his desk inside The Joplin Globe newspaper at 10 p.m. May 22, 2011, and ...		Tulsa County Courthouse renovations set to begin Monday By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer Reader comments (1) Construction crews are set to begin work Monday on renovations to the Tulsa County Courtho ...
Capitol Report: Tax deal confounds conventional wisdom By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Reader comments (29) For drama and tumult, nothing in the state of Oklahoma - nothing - matches the final days ...

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