House defeats funding for Pop culture museum

Ponca City Now - May 22, 2015 8:42 am

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma House has defeated legislation that would authorize $25 million in bonds to build the Museum of Popular Culture in Tulsa.

House members voted 49-44 Thursday against the Senate-passed bill.

The House sponsor of the bill, Republican Speaker Jeff Hickman of Fairview, kept the measure alive by giving notice he may ask the House to reconsider its vote.

 

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