Democrats Block Senate Vote On Obama Tax Plan

WASHINGTON — It’s President Obama’s top priority and the “Gang of Eight” senators’ bill. But as sweeping immigration reform legislation heads to the Senate floor, it may be The Chuck Schumer Show.    

BY CHRIS CASTEEL ccasteel@opubco.comWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heading to central Oklahoma on Sunday for a firsthand look at the devastation wrought by last week's tornadoes, and he plans to meet with victims and first responders. The president will return to Washington on Sunday afternoon and is not scheduled to attend the memorial service in Moore being held that evening.

At a Glance INCOME TAX CUT House Bill 2032 lowers the top personal income tax rate from 5.25 to 5 percent on Jan.

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.comLegislators were unanimous. Not a single member of the Senate or House of Representatives voted against a measure that called for a 16 percent pay raise for state troopers. But when the session ended last week, troopers, who haven't had a pay increase in nearly seven years, were told again to wait until next year. Troopers were disheartened when the pay increase wasn't included in a $7.1 billion budget deal announced earlier this month.

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.comThe GOP-controlled Legislature and Republican governor had three crowning achievements this year, but their main accomplishment may have been the ability to compromise. Gov.