Sen. Nikki Nice, D-Oklahoma City, filed Senate Bill 55, which proposes to raise the minimum wage that employers might pay to $13 an hour beginning in November. Additionally, an increase of 50 ...

Voters will have the chance on June, 16, 2026, to pass a minimum wage increase when State Question 832 is on the ballot. The state question would gradually raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage to $15 an hour ...

"Not just for those people earning minimum wage but for those people that are still struggling to pay for gas, to pay for groceries, to pay for rent." Brooks-Jimenez, a Democrat from Oklahoma City ...

None of the country’s 50-largest housing markets offer affordable rent for workers who earn the federal minimum wage, says a ...

Senate Bill 35, by Sen Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour effective Nov. 1. “I feel like $15 an hour is a reasonable ask to decrease the suffering and ...

With the cost of living a constant topic during the often heated conversations around the current political environment, raises are being proposed and/or approved for state employees and residents, as ...

Oklahoma’s 60th regular legislative session begins next week. And while lawmakers have filed more legislation than ever ...

As of now, 20 US states have a minimum wage at or below the federal level, with a handful — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee — not adopting any type of wage floor.

Opinion: Oklahoma should implement a program like New Mexico's which pays student teachers a salary as an incentive to ...