As a newly elected Legislature prepares for the 2015 session, Gov. Mary Fallin is urging lawmakers to give careful scrutiny to the roughly $7 billion state-appropriated budget, especially the amount of money being diverted from Oklahoma's general revenue fund.
Fallin met with House Republicans Sunday in Sulphur and says she's optimistic she and the Republican-controlled Legislature will find common ground on policy and budget priorities.
Fallin is pushing for a close examination of the state's budgeting process, as well as some of the hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax incentives and credits.
The Republican governor also has urged the Legislature to consider spending every other year focused exclusively on budgetary matters.
The 2015 legislative session begins Feb. 2.
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