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A proposal that proponents say would restore the right to secret-ballot elections for municipal employee unions is actually a way to gut those unions and snuff them out, a critic of the measure charged Wednesday.

In September, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation developed a sustainable travel program – Encouraging Conservation in Oklahoma, or ECO.

Dozens of employees at state mental health facilities will be laid off by March because of budget cuts, according to a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Texas has the worst-performing food-stamp program in the nation, the Obama administration’s top food stamp program official said.

It’s a new year and the estate tax is gone. And for trusts and estates lawyers, things have never been more confusing.

A state lawmaker has filed a bill to control the spread of the Eastern red cedar tree because of their wildfire threat.

A state lawmaker wants to require couples to obtain marriage counseling before tying the knot.

Wall Street executives said Wednesday they underestimated the severity of the 2008 financial crisis and apologized for risky behavior and poor decisions. They also defended their bonus and compensation practices to a skeptical commission investigating what caused the collapse.

Senate Republicans unveiled part of their 2010 legislative agenda Tuesday, saying it could be described in one word.
Jobs.

Duane Smith, executive director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, is on the verge of going to Afghanistan as a consultant on water and infrastructure issues at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.