"With a current rate of 8.38 percent, Oklahoma City ranks No. 14 among America's 50 largest cities, according to the Tax Foundation. If a penny were added to the state sales tax rate, which could be proposed to voters in November for teacher pay increases, Oklahoma City's new rate of 9.38 percent would be the fifth-highest in the nation. Tulsa, currently at 8.52 percent, would have the third-highest rate."

Plan to raise Oklahoma's sales tax has supporters, detractors

Supporters of the ballot initiative spearheaded by University of Oklahoma President David Boren — State Question 779...

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