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KYLE PHILLIPS PHOTO / CNHI News ServicePhil Armstrong, project manager for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, awaits completion of Greenwood Rising.
COURTESY OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETYThe Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed more than 1,200 homes and businesses in in 1921.
TULSA, Okla. â John W. Franklin wept as he read his grandfatherâs account of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
The fragile, yellowing, 90-year-old document, which recounts the worst race massacre in U.S. history, now sits in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
âI wept the first time I read it, the second time I read it, and the third time I read it,â he said about B.C. Franklinâs eyewitness account of the 1921 massacre. It describes the horrors in Tulsa s affluent, thriving Greenwood District, when a white mob â fueled by racism, envy and fear â murdered, looted and burned out the Black community with impu
Budget features tax cuts, more for education and savings By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch May 14, 2021
A new budget unveiled for the state reduces corporate income tax from 6% to 4% and was crafted to make Oklahoma more attractive for investment by business and industry, Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders say. (Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash)
You almost wouldn’t know Oklahoma was coming out of a pandemic and financial downturn based on a state budget agreement Gov. Kevin Stitt and GOP lawmakers unveiled Thursday.
The $8.3 billion spending plan avoids any cuts to the state budget, slashes taxes for low and high earners and puts hundreds of millions back into the state’s rainy day account.
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Top Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday unveiled their plans for the state budget next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
The new budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2022 would total $8.3 billion dollars. Top Republican lawmakers say the agreement would maintain all state core service funding while also providing tax relief to individuals and businesses.
The corporate income tax would be cut from 6 percent to 4 percent, while personal income tax would be cut from 5 percent to 4.75 percent.
Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall said he s optimistic about what can come from the tax cuts. We will see more dollars in the state of Oklahoma, we will see more business, more people, and we can operate at a lower threshold of tax burden on all entities in the state of Oklahoma, said McCall.
Oklahoma governor, lawmakers reach deal on $8.3B budget
SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, center, speaks as, from left, House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Kevin Wallace, House Speaker Charles McCall, Senate president Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Senate Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson listen, during a news conference at the Capitol, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Gov. Stitt and Republican leaders in the House and Senate reached a deal on a $8.3 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, they announced Thursday.Sean Murphy/AP
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican legislative leaders on Thursday announced an agreement on an $8.3 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that includes cuts to the corporate and top individual income tax rates.