Category Archives: Business

Tulsa 4.5% increase in retail

A recent analysis from Printastic spotlights the U.S. cities and states where physical retail is growing (and shrinking) fastest, and which locations could face new headwinds just as in-person shopping was beginning to recover. Tulsa’s growth in retail since 2020 is above the U.S. average.

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Economic Health Watch

Dear Reader:

I hope you have a little savings to cover an emergency.

Increasingly, Americans live paycheck to paycheck and are maxed out on their credit. But so is the U.S. You cannot keep rolling over debt if creditors will not lend you money. The same is true for the country.

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Gambling Addiction: Oklahoma 7th

With the gambling industry bringing in a record $71.9 billion in revenue last year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Most Gambling-Addicted States, as well as expert commentary, in order to highlight where this dangerous addiction is most prevalent.

WalletHub compared the 50 states across 20 key metrics. The data set ranges from the presence of illegal gambling operations to lottery sales per capita to the share of adults with gambling disorders.

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TSET Board of Investors Fires OK AG

OKLAHOMA CITY (April 17, 2025) – Legal counsel representing the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Fund Board of Investors filed a petition with the Oklahoma Supreme Court today seeking a declaratory judgment after a formal vote of the Board authorized legal action against improper interference by Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond
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USDA Reprioritizes Funding Farmers

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the cancellation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC).

Following a thorough line by line review of each of these Biden era partnerships, it became clear that the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees which in many instances provided less than half of the federal funding directly to farmers. The release today noted that select projects may continue if it is demonstrated that a significant amount of the federal funds awarded will go to farmers.

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