Bill would revamp Oklahoma’s economic development efforts (Capitol Update) - Oklahoma Policy Institute

Bill would revamp Oklahoma’s economic development efforts (Capitol Update) - Oklahoma Policy Institute

Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, Chair of the Senate Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee, has been working more than two years to revamp Oklahoma’s economic development efforts, and the result was passage in the Senate last week of her Senate Bill 987. The bill will create a new governance structure for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce employing the expertise and perspective of private citizens to be appointed by the Governo…