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On the final day of the 2022 regular legislative session, lawmakers unleashed a flurry of votes to override vetoes by Governor Kevin Stitt and passed multiple bills for appropriation of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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In the waning days of the 2022 regular Oklahoma Legislative Session, Oklahoma lawmakers entered into a special session to consider how to spend almost two billion dollars in federal money the state has received under the American Rescue Plan Act.
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By law, the legislative session must end by 5:00 p.m. on the last Friday in May, and the last big item on this year's agenda is the release of the fiscal year 2023 budget agreement.
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Oklahoma's senior U.S. Senator James Inhofe has announced plans to retire, bringing to a close a long and storied political career that began in 1967. Inhofe has served in the U.S. Senate since 1994 and is the Ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Inhofe plans to remain in the Senate until January 3, 2023.
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As he prepares to deliver his 2022 State of the State Address, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt told KGOU's Dick Pryor and Quorum Call's Shawn Ashley about his goals for the upcoming legislative session and fourth year in office. KGOU will air the annual State of the State Address live at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, February 7.
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The State Board of Equalization has certified that more than 10 billion dollars is available for the legislature and governor to spend in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
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In the final Capitol Insider segment of 2021, Dick and Shawn discuss the top five political and government stories of the year in Oklahoma.
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We close the year with a discussion of the top ten stories of the year in Oklahoma, beginning this week with numbers ten through six.
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The latest figures for the State of Oklahoma's General Revenue Fund indicate a dramatic increase in funding - more than a third higher than estimates - fueled by a strong economy.
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Armed with a $10 million budget to pursue lawsuits against the federal government, state Attorney General John O'Connor is seeking an injunction to prevent the U.S. Department of Defense from requiring members of the Oklahoma National Guard to be vaccinated against COVID-19.