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Tensions are rising at the Oklahoma capitol as the legislative session comes to an end, with the state facing a $878 million budget deficit, and no…
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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is urging state lawmakers to work together to find ways to fill the state’s nearly $900 million budget hole. “This is a…
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What happened at the Capitol this week?No Teacher Pay Raise Bill PassedLawmakers did not pass a teacher pay raise bill, despite both the House and Senate…
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What happened at the Capitol this week? Oklahoma lawmakers are plugging away at a 2018 state budget--figuring out where the state’s money will come from…
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The 2017 legislative session is beyond the halfway point and the clock is ticking on lawmakers who have until the end of May to set the state’s budget and…
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With a little less than two months until the end of this legislative session, the Oklahoma House and Senate are considering bills covering a wide range of…
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In March, the legislature asked state agencies how they would deal with worst-case budget reductions of nearly 15 percent. A cut that deep at the…
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One major tax incentive for wind energy remains on the books in Oklahoma. And the Legislature is poised to end it — more than three years early. The…
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Bills in the Oklahoma legislature faced a major deadline Thursday: they had to pass in their chamber of origin to continue through the legislative…
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Leaders in the Oklahoma senate wasted little time to strip state Sen. Ralph Shortey of most of his privileges last Wednesday when allegations emerged that…
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The Oklahoma legislature faces an approximately $880 million budget shortfall, and proposals to increase revenue have not gained traction. Meanwhile, the…
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The Oklahoma state House of Representatives furthered a bill Thursday that would roll back part of a state question that was approved by voters in…