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If it passed, State Question 832 would have brought Oklahoma's minimum wage to $15 by 2029. The last time the national number increased was in 2009.
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Outside groups have spent nearly $3 million on Oklahoma legislative races ahead of the June 16 primary election. Political action committees with obscure funding sources are fueling the spending. -
After nearly three years in the works, a state question to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage hits the ballot today.
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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres's visit to Port-au-Prince comes as gang violence persists. According to U.N. data, 2,300 people have been killed in Haiti this year, with another 100 kidnapped. -
The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing one man and leaving two survivors. This brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes to at least 208. -
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the system is expected to bring intense rain to southern states including Texas and Louisiana this week. -
The lawyers argue that the court does not have a full record of how the Trump administration decided to end temporary protective status for Haitians in the U.S. -
In an upset, Georgia Republican voters rejected President Trump's preferred nominee for the competitive open governor's race. They also picked Rep. Mike Collins to face Sen. Jon Ossoff. -
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