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Edmond, Okla.-Based Group Rates 'Pro-Business' Lawmakers.

By Don Mecoy, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 30--Oklahoma lawmakers are more supportive of business, jobs and economic development than they were four years ago, the head of an Edmond-based business advocacy group said Wednesday.

Vince Robison, president of the Research Institute for Economic Development, issues an annual scorecard analyzing the votes of state senators and representatives on business issues.

The number of legislators receiving a "pro-business" score from the group has risen from a minority to a m

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