Tulsa World
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Published: 1/27/20122:29 AM
Last Modified: 1/27/20122:03 PM
Education funding leads the legislative priorities listed Thursday by the Tulsa Metro Chamber and its partners in the OneVoice lobbying initiative.
"Education and workforce development continue to rise to a very high level of importance" to the business community, chamber President Mike Neal said.
Oklahoma's four-month legislative session opens Feb. 6.
Listed in order of priority behind education funding were: Quick Action Closing Fund; Gilcrease Expressway; municipal funding; funding for uninsured care at the Tisdale Specialty Health Clinic and the OSU Center for Health Services; road funding; OSU Medical Center funding; bond issue for capital investment, including the proposed Oklahoma Pop museum in Tulsa; matching funds for federal reimbursement programs such as Medicaid; and $2 million for a Tulsa community supercomputer... FULL ARTICLE
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