A new incentive policy in Edmond is designed to help companies there grow and lure new businesses to the city. Read more

Oklahoma City’s proposed  budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 will top $1 billion for the first time, and include funds for additional police officers and transit enhancements. Read more

In the modern business environment, chambers of commerce must do more to help their members than organize annual parades and host pancake breakfasts.

They must engage their members.

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It may be too soon to pop open the champagne and sing “Happy Days are Here Again,” but Oklahoma City’s sales tax returns have almost reached pre-recession expectations, said City Manager Jim Couch at the Oct. 2 City Council meeting. Despite that news, Couch talked about one unusual factor that led to the increase in collections this summer, and unknowns on the national level that could spell trouble for the local economy. Read more

In a monthly gross receipts report at the state capitol Sept. 6, State Treasurer Ken Miller had little good news, and some numbers he called a “head-scratcher.” Read more

Sales tax collections in Oklahoma City were up nearly 5 percent over August numbers last year, the city manager’s office reported. It is the eighth month in a row of sales tax growth. Use tax, however, was down 10.7 percent in August over the same month last year. Read more

When Oklahoma City Thunder made the NBA finals for the first time this year, metro restaurant and bar owners seized an opportunity to hold impromptu watch parties and bring, sometimes, hundreds of people to their businesses on what otherwise might have been quiet nights.

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A slip in gross production tax collections in June didn’t completely derail an otherwise healthy fiscal year 2012, says State Treasurer Ken Miller in a July 5 gross receipts report. Read more

Oklahoma City gets the gold medal for lowest unemployment rate in the nation after a few months of only taking silver. Read more

After two years of solid revenue growth, the Oklahoma State Treasurer’s Office reported totals slipped in March based on gross receipts. Read more

When it comes to credit ratings, Oklahoma City is doing AAA-OK.
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A drawback of military personnel and operations through cuts to the Department of Defense budget outlined in Pres. Barack Obama’s 2013 budget will mean a net loss of 948 positions at Tinker Air Force Base. It will inactivate the U.S. Air Force's 3rd Combat Communications Group, also known as the Third Herd. Read more

Since Oklahoma City rang in 2012, two high-profile national brands opened stores in the metro area, a continuing trend for retailers that previously had little interest in the market. While Anthropologie and Dave & Buster’s had people shouting from the rooftops, many smaller regional and national brands moved here or expanded their presence. Read more

When Cole Perryman moved from Tulsa to Washington, D.C., with his wife a few years ago, the couple felt on their own, in terms of getting acquainted with the city.

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Clandestine corporate headquarter plans, water, web startups and onion burgers were the topics of discussion at the yearly Commercial Real Estate Council’s Forecast. The event brought together commercial real estate experts to discuss the state of the local market, hear from experts, and get a look at what is expected for the coming year. Read more