{"id":1063,"date":"2026-06-09T16:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakeoklahoma.com\/?page_id=1063"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:09:03","slug":"state-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/awakeoklahoma.com\/index.php\/state-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"State Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;917&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731696979597{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 50px !important;padding-top: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1781021178703{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>State Questions<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1762969894167{margin-top: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1781021336968{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>State Question 832<\/h1>\n<p>State Question 832 will be on the ballot June 16, and it will have real consequences for Oklahomans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FACT:<\/strong> SQ 832 ties Oklahoma\u2019s minimum wage to the cost of living in Los Angeles and San Francisco.<\/li>\n<li>SQ 832 raises Oklahoma\u2019s minimum wage to $15 an hour, but it doesn\u2019t stop there\u2026<\/li>\n<li>SQ 832 continues raising Oklahoma\u2019s minimum wage every year after that, based on a national cost-of-living index for big cities, which means liberal politicians in California will set the minimum wage in Oklahoma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a new episode of <em>Weighing In<\/em>, host Dave Bond sits down with Professor James Davenport to discuss how SQ 832 affects the workforce\u2014especially those actually making minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f3a7\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfa7\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" data-emoji=\"\ud83c\udfa7\" aria-label=\"\ud83c\udfa7\" \/><\/strong><strong>\u00a0Listen to the episode\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ocpathink.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c663a64be2f7e51abc07689e4&amp;id=5d9b489d4e&amp;e=e00552be5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/ocpathink.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dc663a64be2f7e51abc07689e4%26id%3D5d9b489d4e%26e%3De00552be5e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778916498428000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1pNLFR_2TbTP7CP2gTEBK3\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f447\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udc47\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udc47\" \/><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Listen to the episode&#8221; 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