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BY CHRIS CASTEELOklahoma lawmakers speak at panel discussion on proposed environmental rules.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

By The Associated PressOklahoma’s statewide unemployment rate is now at 7 percent.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

Are Americans keeping pace with the increased educational skill and requirements of this age of advanced technology? Current data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that the unemployment rate of Americans with a bachelor’s degree or higher is 4.6 percent versus 10.3 percent for those with only a high school diploma and 14 percent for high school dropouts. Yet the brutal truth is that in the past 20 years the United States has slipped from first place to ninth in international rankings of the percentage of adults who graduate from a post-secondary college or technical program. Read more

House Democrats on Thursday pushed through a plan to ease credit and cut taxes for struggling small businesses, in what was likely their last best bet to improve the jobs picture before the November midterm elections. The bill, already approved by the Senate, passed the House on a 237-187 vote, … Read more

By Laurie Winslow – Tulsa WorldIn August, Oklahoma reached a more than 22-year unemployment rate high of 7.0 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data released Tuesday.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more