Will we see more taxes to pay for the new county jail?

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🌞 Temperature check: Nice, with some periods of cloud and sunshine, according to AccuWeather . High of 83, low of 67.

📅 Today in History: In 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. government troops after 30 years of battling to protect his tribe’s homeland. Gen. Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, marking the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest.

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• 💵 Oklahoma County considering county sales tax, higher property taxes , to pay for a new jail

If you only read one thing today:

New Oklahoma Freedom Caucus aims to push state Legislature 'to the right'

A national far-right Republican group said it is launching an affiliate in Oklahoma to analyze public policy for state lawmakers and, the group's state leader added, to push the nation's second-most conservative Legislature even further to the right.

Speaking on the south steps of the Capitol, Andrew Roth, the president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, said the new Oklahoma affiliate would provide information about policy and legislation to conservative state lawmakers.

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This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Will we see more taxes to pay for the new county jail?