Legislature meets to approve emergency declaration, address revenue failure
The Legislature re-convened on Monday to address several necessary items to continue government services for all Oklahomans. The House first convened in special session to…
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Rep. Pfeiffer: State Update
While most members of the state Legislature are not at the Capitol right now, because of the threat of COVID-19, we are at home in…
Supt. Simpson: “Our lives have been turned upside down by a pandemic”
I write this column from home as our routines were altered more than any of us could have imagined only three weeks ago when my…
MTC Supt. Major: We’re Here for You
At Meridian our mission is to educate, enrich lives and secure economic futures. At times like this, our mission has never been more important in…
Rep. Pfeiffer: Legislators continue work
The one thing the Legislature is constitutionally required to do each year is to pass a balanced budget. This year, that is as important as…
Mayor: The new normal For Guthrie
As we head into another week of the COVID-19 invasion, we are clearly experiencing a new normal. Life as we have known it for a…
Rep. Pfeiffer: State and local efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Republican and Democrat Caucuses met Monday with state Health Commissioner Gary Cox to receive an update on the…
Senator Hall: Business of the people will continue
Oklahoma, like most of the nation and the world, is in the midst of an unprecedented public health event. The situation seems to be changing…
Rep. Mize: House completes floor work
It’s been a busy week at the Oklahoma Legislature, but it’s also been incredibly productive as well. We completed our deadline on Thursday to hear…
Rep. Pfeiffer: House nears third-reading deadline
Now that the committee deadline has passed, the countdown for bills to be passed out of their chamber of origin is quickly approaching. We started…
Senator Hall: Long but productive days coming up
Thursday, February 27 marked the deadline for Senate committees to vote on bills that started out in this chamber. By the time we hit that…
Superintendent: GPS to add second cleaning machine to help fight off illness
Hopefully, we are on the backside of winter as the days begin to lengthen. This flu season has been unique as many usual symptoms have…
Rep. Mize: House finishes committee work
It’s been another busy week at the State Capitol. Thursday was our deadline to pass House bills through their House committees. A bill must pass…
Senator Hall: “We have a total savings of about $1 billion”
Back in December, the State Board of Equalization met to give its initial certification as to how much revenue would be available to appropriate for…
Rep. Pfeiffer: Budget figures released
The state Board of Equalization met this past week to certify how much money the Legislature will have to appropriate for the Fiscal Year 2021…
Rep. Mize: Start of legislative session, committee work
The second session of the 57th Legislature officially begin on Monday, Feb. 3 with Gov. Kevin Stitt’s second annual state of the state address. During…
2020 Legislative Session is underway; promises to be a busy
This year, 2,240 bills and resolutions were filed between the House and Senate. Many of the new bills have now been assigned to committees in…
MTC Supt: Partner with Meridian during Career and Technical Education Month
At Meridian Technology Center, workforce development is our business – the training we provide helps power the local economic engine. We do this through our…
Senator Hall: 22 measures set to go for upcoming session
According to Oklahoma’s constitution, the Legislature formally convenes on the first Monday in February, with the spotlight on the presentation of the governor’s State of…
Senator Hall: Preparing for the 2020 session; deadline approaching for filing legislation
Happy New Year to everyone here in Senate District 20. With the new year comes a new legislative session. We’ll convene here at the Capitol on…