Governor signs bill to add AP courses to all high schools
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation requiring all Oklahoma public high schools to offer at least four Advanced Placement (AP) courses to students beginning in the 2024-25…
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Cost of living adjustment signed into law for state retirees
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation granting cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retirees in six Oklahoma pension plans, including teachers, firefighters, police, public employees and justices and judges…
Hall, Mize legislation setting standards for Farmers Markets signed into law
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Farmers Market and Farmers Hub Act was signed into law Wednesday by the governor. Authored by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry,…
Attorney General: Governor cannot enter into compacts that authorize gaming activity prohibited by state law
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today issued an official opinion sought by Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat and House Speaker Charles McCall…
State: Legislature reaches fiscal year 2021 budget agreement
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislative leaders announced a Fiscal Year 2021 state budget agreement Monday designed to hold education funding harmless while limiting most budget reductions…
State: OESC issues update on unemployment claims
Oklahoma City – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) continues to process unemployment claims and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) at an unprecedented volume while regularly screening systems for fraudulent…
State: Board of Equalization declares revenue failure for this fiscal year
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 20, 2020) – The Board of Equalization declared a $416,883,273 revenue failure for Fiscal 2020 in a virtual meeting held Monday afternoon….
Mize comments on historic Special Session
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Legislature met Monday in a historic special session to approve Gov. Kevin Stitt’s expanded health emergency declaration, which gives the…
Rep. Mize joins Trump’s lawyer in lawsuit against Planned Parenthood
Republican State Representative Garry Mize has joined a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s attorney, Jay Sekelow, and his organization opposing Planned Parenthood’s efforts to…
Stitt: Oklahoma expected to experience $416 million revenue failure
Governor Kevin Stitt announced today the State of Oklahoma is expected to experience a revenue failure of approximately $416 million for the remainder of fiscal…
House passes measure allowing city employees to carry firearms
OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that would allow city employees to carry firearms for protection at work passed out of the House of Representatives this week….
Legislation allowing renewal of CDL’s in tag agencies passes House
OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill shifting renewal of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) from offices of the Dept. of Motor Vehicles to local tag agencies passed…
“All Kids Buckled Up” legislation passes House
OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that would strengthen seat belt laws for youth ages 8 to 17 today passed the House with a vote of…
House passes “Virtual Charter School Transparency and Reform Act”
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following up on legislation passed last year regarding transparency in virtual charter schools, State Rep. Sheila Dills (R-Tulsa) passed House Bill 2905 through…
Legislation to create loan repayment plan for teachers
OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislation created to bring financial relief to Oklahoma’s public school teachers has passed the House on Monday with a vote of 85…
Transparency in Health Prices Act passes House
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Carol Bush (R-Tulsa) today secured unanimous passage of a bill that ensures price transparency to the public for common health…
House passes bill to require tornado safety information in hotels
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed legislation to require new hotels and motels to post tornado safety information in every room and common…
Bill to allow bonds for aging flood-control dams passes House
OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill authorizing the issue of bonds to improve and repair some of the state’s high-risk flood-control dams passed the House today…
Bills capping traffic warrants and speeding ticket costs pass House
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma motorists would receive some extra grace on traffic warrants and speeding tickets if two bills that passed in the House today…
Committee passes bill to limit telemarketers and scam calls
OKLAHOMA CITY – The House Utilities Committee today passed legislation to prevent telemarketers from replicating phone numbers and misrepresenting the origin of a phone call….