State: General Revenue collections pick up in April
OKLAHOMA CITY — General Revenue Fund collections in April were $764.3 million and came in at $93.8 million, or 14.0 percent, above the monthly estimate. This amount…
State Government
Governor Mary Fallin vetoes Senate Bill 1212
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today vetoed Senate Bill 1212, which would have eliminated the requirement to complete a short firearms safety and training course…
Governor signs criminal justice reform bills
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today signed seven criminal justice reform bills that will reduce the flow of nonviolent offenders into prison; establish a…
Senator Griffin’s opiod measures get approval in Senate
OKLAHOMA CITY – On Wednesday, the Senate approved legislation to slow the rapid growth of opioid addiction in Oklahoma. Sen. A.J. Griffin is the Senate…
Oklahoma Senate approves FY’19 budget giving education, mental health, criminal justice reform significant increases
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday approved a $7.6 billion general appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2019 that gives significant funding increases for…
Governor signs bill establishing hemp pilot program
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today signed a bill that creates a pilot program, overseen by state agriculture officials and Oklahoma’s higher education institutions,…
Governor signs bill barring sex offenders from living near their victims
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today signed a bill that helps protect victims from their sex offenders.
Senate approves criminal justice reforms
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday approved a slate of criminal justice reform bills that will slow the state’s skyrocketing incarceration rates while…
Legislation proposed to increase education revenue without increasing taxes
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Reps. Sean Roberts and Tess Teague filed six pieces of legislation last week aimed at maximizing classroom dollars and minimizing administrative waste….
March general revenue collections beat estimate
OKLAHOMA CITY — General Revenue Fund collections in March were $405.5 million and came in at $21.4 million, or 5.6 percent, above the monthly estimate. This…
Oklahoma announces inert gas inhalation as primary choice of execution
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter and Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh today announced inert gas inhalation will be the state’s primary method of…
State: February general revenue collections miss estimate
OKLAHOMA CITY — General Revenue Fund collections in February were $294.2 million and came in at $2.0 million, or 0.7 percent, below the monthly estimate. This…
Governor signs 2018 fiscal year budget bill
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin signed House Bill (HB) 1020XX, the Fiscal Year 2018 budget bill, into law. The $6.98 billion budget covers the…
ODOC initiates hiring freeze for most agency positions
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh has placed the agency on a hiring freeze for most positions, citing uncertainty over…
State: General revenue collections outpace prior year
OKLAHOMA CITY — General Revenue Fund collections in January were $596 million and came in at $47.2 million, or 8.6 percent, above the monthly estimate….
Study shows Oklahoma had greatest increase in foster homes in the nation
Oklahoma City—A first-ever report of its kind studying the national trend of rising numbers of children in state foster care as well as the concurrent…
Survey finds low teacher pay main reason for leaving Oklahoma classrooms
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 22, 2018) – Teacher pay and education funding are among the chief reasons former Oklahoma educators have left the classroom, according to…
Legislators to direct Commissioners of Land Office to fund teacher pay raise
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Reps. Tom Gann, Rick West and Kevin Calvey have co-authored House Bill 8384, legislation that would require the Commissioners of the…
Legislator looking to limit salaries of governor and agency heads
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, has requested Oklahoma House staff to draft legislation designed to limit the amount of tax dollars spent…
Oklahoma No. 2 in the nation in incarceration in 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released its annual inmate census report detailing federal/state inmate populations and incarceration rates for 2016.