Budget Briefing: OK Ranks 23rd for Business — Low Costs, Low Marks for Quality of Life

CNBC Ranks Okla. 23rd for Business – “Oklahoma has the lowest cost of living in the country and low costs for doing business, but those things aren’t enough to score a top business ranking, at least according to the annual CNBC study “America’s Top States for Business.”” Journal Record

Edmond’s July Sales Tax Check Tops $5 Million, Sets Single-Month Record – “City Finance Director Ross VanderHamm said the check for the last two weeks of May and the first half of June was 17.94 percent more than the city received for the same month a year ago.” NewsOK.com

U.S. Farm Bill Overcomes Challenges in Committee – “The most contentious debate came on an amendment by some Democrats on the panel to block $16.5 billion in cuts to the food stamp program. The committee, led by Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, also preserved the bill’s new program to stabilize milk supplies and defeated an attempt to repeal import restrictions on sugar.” NewsOK.com