OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Voters have approved new jails in two Oklahoma counties.
Washita County residents voted in favor of a three-quarter-cent sales tax that will go toward building a new jail and renovating the current one.
In Washington County, voters yesterday passed a measure that will create a quarter-cent sales tax for a new county jail there.
Elsewhere, a proposal to fund a new ambulance in Seiling passed.
And a proposition to renew a sales tax to renovate Cordell Memorial Hospital was approved by voters in Washita County.
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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
Oklahoma News
June 10, 2009
Voters approve jails in 2 counties
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