budget crisis

A cash crunch that emerged over the summer at the state Health Department goes beyond the state’s current budget shortfall and caused the department to…

A state board in charge of determining legislators’ salaries decided on Tuesday to keep compensation for state senators and representatives flat. They…

A report published online Thursday claims to outline details of a budget agreement between Gov. Mary Fallin and House Democrats.Since the article, Fallin,…

Gov. Mary Fallin signed the Fiscal Year 2018 Oklahoma state budget Wednesday. “This plan keeps our government from shutting down, and, despite challenging…

Oklahoma midyear state budget cuts were deeper than necessary, and now the state has $140.8 million that it can allocate to agencies. Gov. Mary Fallin is…

The Oklahoma Legislature is constitutionally required to wrap up by 5 p.m. Friday, and both House Speaker Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, and Senate President…

Legislation that would allow students with “deeply held religious beliefs” to use separate restrooms than their transgender peers passed through the…

The Oklahoma Senate passed legislation Thursday that would fill nearly one-tenth of a projected $1.3 billion budget shortfall in the upcoming fiscal…

"Immoral" — that's how dozens of clergy members and charitable organizations describe lawmakers' plan to fix Oklahoma's budget by reducing tax credits...

Gov. Mary Fallin outlined a draft plan Wednesday to help plug the state’s projected $1.3 billion dollars budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year and…