A UC Santa Cruz working paper found California’s $20 fast-food wage was followed by fewer worker hours, higher menu prices, expanded automation and pressure on independent restaurants.
The Oklahoma Legislature overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that seeks to alleviate the state's childcare crisis by giving an incentive to early childhood educators.
State leaders are working to alleviate Oklahoma's childcare crisis by supporting legislation that incentivizes businesses to help their employees obtain childcare.
The Oklahoma State Senate's Business & Insurance Committee has ambitious plans for the upcoming legislative session, including reducing the higher end of the unemployment tax and helping make child care more available.
New Oklahoma Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt spoke with us about a wide range of issues, including education, work opportunities, child care, tax cuts and bipartisanship.
Sen. Lonnie Paxton is set to lead the Oklahoma State Senate as the Senate's next president pro tempore. His top priority? Working with Gov. Kevin Stitt to reduce the personal income tax.
Simple Modern, a top Oklahoma company, is helping its employees afford child care by giving them hefty annual reimbursements.
The State Chamber of Oklahoma honored five members of the Oklahoma Legislature as Legislators of the Year in recognition of their pro-business policies and legislative efforts to grow the state's economy.
An Oklahoma State University study found that the lack of accessibility to affordable childcare is still hurting workforce participation in Oklahoma.
A bipartisan bill that provides a tax credit to employers and childcare workers will help alleviate Oklahoma's ongoing childcare crisis, state legislators say.
