In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future.
It’s a straightforward proposition. If we believe that more and better jobs — opportunities with wages that are more than 70 percent higher than Oklahoma’s average — are desirable, required and achievable, we need to double down on the things that we are doing well and step up our commitment in the areas where we aren’t so strong.
