Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Charles McCall spoke positively about bills that aim to grow the state's workforce through expanding high school graduation requirements and enacting childcare reform, as well as legislation that sets out to restructure the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
Three tax bills written by Speaker Charles McCall, including bills to gradually eliminate the state's corporate income tax and personal income tax, succeeded in the Oklahoma House of Representatives this week.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives almost unanimously passed a bill that modifies high school graduation requirements to provide students more career pathways.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill that removes the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) from serving as the state's liaison agency for economic development and business recruitment, focusing the agency on the needs of local businesses and communities.
A bill that creates a new state government entity solely dedicated to growing Oklahoma's economy, recruiting companies to expand into the state and retaining businesses that are already here succeeded in the Oklahoma Senate.
A bill that provides employers and childcare workers a tax credit in an effort to remedy the state's childcare crisis succeeded in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday.
A bill that seeks to grow the state's workforce by incentivizing the creation of certain degree programs is halfway toward passing the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Oklahoma Human Services is focusing on helping low-income families across the state become self-sufficient through their statewide expansion of Work Ready Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and members of his cabinet are suing Attorney General Gentner Drummond for saying an individual cannot simultaneously hold multiple leadership positions in the state government. The opinion caused a cabinet member to step down.
Oklahoma CareerTech and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are working together to expand nursing education credits in two-year colleges and ultimately get more nurses in the state's workforce.
