Oklahoma City voters approve hiking sales tax to pay for new $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder, despite economists’ warnings

Oklahoma City voters on Tuesday approved a 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new downtown arena for the NBA’s Thunder that is expected to cost at least $900 million. The Oklahoma State Election Board reported that 71% of the city’s voters approved the plan. The vote is an example of the…

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