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Crude oil refinery to be built in Oklahoma, capital investment expected to surpass $5 billion
A crude oil refinery that is expected to bring in over $5 billion in capital revenue will be built in Cushing, Okla.
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Oklahoma Rep. Schreiber succeeds with childcare licensing bill, says childcare is economy’s foundation
Childcare was one of Rep. Suzanne Schreiber's primary focuses this past legislative session, and she was determined to help Oklahoma parents reenter the workforce by making childcare options more available.
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Enel’s $1 billion-plus solar panel factory promises clean energy innovation, workforce boon in Oklahoma
Oklahoma beat out more than two dozen states to become the home of a global renewable energy company's new factory – a $1 billion-plus, industrial-scale solar panel manufacturing facility that was described by state leaders as a historic investment.
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Bill to create Oklahoma Workforce Commission succeeds in legislature, headed to Gov. Stitt’s desk
Oklahoma's workforce management system is on the cusp of significant change after both bodies of the state legislature passed a bill that will create an Oklahoma Workforce Commission.
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SB 621 essential to refocusing, revitalizing workforce in Oklahoma
Oklahoma needs a singular workforce owner, a leading force that will set visions and goals to fulfill workforce needs, reduce administrative costs, eliminate wasteful duplication, align funding with goals that produce effective results and hold state entities accountable for failures and shortcomings. Senate Bill 621 presents a plan that will establish leadership and bring the state’s workforce into alignment.
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Legislation that creates Oklahoma Workforce Commission back on track, passes Senate once again
A workforce revitalization bill that creates an Oklahoma Workforce Commission is back on track after it passed the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday.
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Prominent renewable energy company to build $1 billion-plus solar panel factory in Oklahoma
Enel North America, a leading renewable energy company, is investing over $1 billion in Oklahoma to build an industrial-scale solar cell and panel manufacturing facility in Inola.
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Oklahoma Business Professionals of America members win hundreds of National Leadership Conference awards
Student members of Oklahoma's Business Professionals of America brought home a slew of awards from the BPA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
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Oklahoma legislation adjusted to expand scholarship eligibility for aspiring teachers
An Oklahoma House of Representatives bill that adjusts scholarship eligibility requirements to enable more students to become teachers was signed into law.
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U.S. manufacturing industry struggling with certified truck driver shortage, Oklahoma taking action
Newly released research shows that although employment is strong in the U.S., the manufacturing industry is wrestling with a certified truck driver shortage, a struggle Oklahoma has been feeling and has taken legislative action to overcome.