state budget

Oklahoma Republican lawmakers are dead-set on reversing a 2020 vote to enshrine Medicaid expansion in the state's constitution. Their two-prong effort to remove the language and shrink Soonercare in the state came as a surprise to the Democratic minority.

Democrats said Thursday they expect Oklahoma’s legislative session will end early, but worry lawmakers’ rush to get home to campaign will result in the state budget and other legislation not being thoroughly considered.

Oklahoma lawmakers are moving forward with an effort to raise teacher pay and spend millions of dollars on school security.

Oklahoma lawmakers are starting to prepare for the 2030 census with three House bills approved this week.

As the 2026 Legislative Session opens, lawmakers sort through bills and evaluate budget requests from state agencies and the governor's executive budget plan.

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cyndi Byrd says state agencies mismanaged or questionably spent almost $100 million in pandemic relief funds during the 2023 fiscal year. The most in a single year so far, by a long shot.

Legislators pushing toward the end of the legislative session send to governor a state appropriations and tax cut agreement and bill changing how citizens can make laws.

With just a couple of weeks remaining in the legislative session, budget negotiators have reached agreement on a deal to fund state government in Fiscal Year 2026.

Just three weeks remain in the 2025 legislative session, and time is running short to negotiate, write and pass the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026.

In our annual top ten stories of the year episodes, Shawn Ashley and Dick Pryor discuss the top Oklahoma stories of 2024 as heard on Capitol Insider. This week: 10-6.