BOK Center #12 venue in US, #32 in world

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ArenaRains4Over seven years after opening, BOK Center continues to maintain its status as one of the world’s busiest concert arenas. Friday Pollstar announced their 2016 First Quarter Top 100 Arena Venues based on ticket sales and the BOK Center finished #12 in the United States and #32 in the world.

BOK Center was also the highest ranked arena in the continental United States managed by SMG, the Philadelphia-based venue operator that manages over 230 facilities,  nearly 70 arenas, and over 1.75 million seats worldwide.

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Oklahoma holds 6th lowest tax burden

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TaxesOKWith a week remaining until Tax Day many Americans find the current tax code too confusing to determine exactly how much their states are actually taking from their income in taxes. The personal finance website WalletHub conducted an analysis of 2016’s States with the Highest & Lowest Tax Burdens to find the details.

In order to determine which states tax their residents most aggressively, WalletHub’s analysts compared the tax burdens of the 50 states by measuring property taxes, individual income taxes, and state and gross receipts taxes — the three components of state tax burden — as percentages of the total personal income in each state.

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OK archery program grows to 500 schools

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ArcheryOKThe Oklahoma Archery in the Schools Program (OKNASP) welcomed its 500th participating school, Edmond North High School, during the regular April meeting of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The program that brings archery education into the schools has seen tremendous growth since its inception in 2004. Schools in both rural and urban settings have embraced OKNASP, said Colin Berg, education supervisor with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. A video of the recent state shoot is included in this story.

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OK treasury receipts continue to slide

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State Treasurer Ken Miller

State Treasurer Ken Miller

March Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury are the lowest March total in four years, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced Wednesday.

March receipts of $940.4 million are less than March of last year by almost $17 million, or 1.8 percent. It marked an 11th consecutive month of falling collections.

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Sen. Lankford on Iran and U.S. election

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Sen. James Lankford

Sen. James Lankford

Video: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) Wednesday appeared on KOCO 5 News, in Oklahoma City, to discuss the Senate Resolution that he introduced to ensure that President Obama follows through on sanctions if Iran violates the nuclear deal.

Senator Lankford also discussed the Presidential election and his desire to let the American people decide the nominees.

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