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The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a legal challenge OKLAHOMA CITY — An initiative petition seeking to raise the minimum wage is unconstitutional and should be tossed out, opponents argued Wednesday. The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to State Question 832, which asks voters to gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2029 from the current rate of $7.25.

A public hearing to establish a possible railroad quiet zone from Hartford Ave. to Grand Ave. is to set to be held at the next City Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 5:30 pm at City Hall.

If you talk to American workers today, they’ll probably tell you they’re happy to be employed — but not about much else. The US economy, which defied economists’ expectations for a recession in 2023, is expected to hold up well again this year, and so does the job market.

Billy Hall, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2024.He was 94. Services are pending with Trout Funeral Home & Crematory..

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE PONCAN THEATRE February 2-4 - MOVIE Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom (Friday & Saturday at 7PM, Sunday at 2PM) February 9-11 - MOVIE Mean Girls (Friday & Saturday at 7PM, Sunday at 2PM) February 16-18 - Evans Children’s Academy presents Magic Treehouse: Pirates Past Noon (Friday & Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 2:30)

PONTIAC, Mich. — The day of the Oxford High School shooting, James and Jennifer Crumbley emptied their son’s bank account, taking $3,000 out and leaving only 99 cents inside.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday apologized over his handling of his prostate cancer surgery and two-week hospital stay, saying he should have informed President Joe Biden and the American public.

Nikki Haley trails Donald Trump by a wide margin in her home state of South Carolina, the site of the next major Republican primary contest, a grim sign for the former governor’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll.