First the machinists' strike is settled and now this: on Oct 1, the state business tax for airplane makers and their parts suppliers will drop 12.5 percent.The change is part of a slate of tax breaks and other assistance approved by lawmakers in 2003, as…
In what state transportation officials hope is not a preview of November in Washington, Oklahoma voters have rejected a ballot measure to raise gas tax there from 17 cents a gallon to 22 cents.In Oklahoma, as here, the money was slated to fix state roads…