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Oklahoma Trade Association: Out-of-State Contractors Favored at Fort Sill

A soldier explains Army equipment to a child at an event at Fort Sill in Lawton.

Out-of-state contractors are receiving favorable treatment on construction projects at Fort Sill, the American Subcontractors Association of Oklahoma alleges. The group’s executive director, Mark C. Nestlen, wrote a letter to Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-More, outlining the complaints, reports The Oklahoman‘s Phillip O’Connor. The out-of-state contractors, the letter alleges, ” … [...]

Government Growth has Been Good to Lawton

Basic trainging family day and graduation at Fort Sill.

Three metropolitan areas dominate Oklahoma’s economy. The Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Lawton metro areas contributed about 75 percent of the state’s 2010 gross domestic product, a term that describes the total market value of goods and services that are produced, U.S. Department of Commerce data show. But Lawton’s GDP has grown significantly more than both [...]

OK Military Installations: $9.6 Billion Impact, 5% of All Wages and Salaries

Crew chiefs from Oklahoma's Tinker Air Force Base prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for an air refueling exercise in Hawaii.

Oklahoma’s five military installations have a $9.6 billion economic impact on the state’s gross domestic product, according to an economic analysis by the Department of Commerce. Collectively, Oklahoma’s three Air Force bases and two Army installations employ more than 69,100 with a total payroll of more than $3 billion in FY 2010, which is about [...]

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