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Kris Steele, executive director for Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, talks to State Question 805 supporters. Brianna Bailey / The Frontier
Rep. John Pfeiffer was frustrated by what he saw on social media in the days after mostly urban Oklahoma voters approved Medicaid expansion by a razor-thin margin last summer.
A barrage of posts criticized, scorned and demeaned rural Oklahomans for what some called voting against their best interests. Medicaid expansion, many experts agree, will help struggling rural hospitals and offer over 200,000 low-income individuals â many of whom live in rural areas â health insurance.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -
A Senate bill modifying the state’s law banning gender-based wage discrimination failed to pass a committee Thursday.
The bill by Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd, D-OKC, would have increased the penalty for employers who are found to discriminate based on sex, while also giving jurisdiction over gender-based wage complaints to the state labor commissioner.
Senate Bill 194 would have provided cover to businesses, setting aside seven reasons they can pay a man and woman different wages for the same job.
“This bill is not a social statement,” Floyd told the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. “This is not about equity or equality. This bill is simply about giving guidance to employers and employees.”
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahomans who disregard the state Capitol’s mask mandate are being treated with “kid gloves,” the president pro tem of the state Senate said.