Author: Steve Lewis

Budget hearings illuminate needs of Oklahoma’s major agencies (Capitol Update)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. To better inform more House members about the state budget, Speaker Charles McCall has made… Read more [More...]

Is Oklahoma due for a change in direction on the budget? (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. The turning of a new year is a time when people tend to reflect on… Read more [More...]

A look at the new leadership team in the Oklahoma House (Capitol Update)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. As the legislature continued last week to organize itself for the next session, Speaker-elect Charles… Read more [More...]

Without new revenue, we can expect more of the same problems (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. The way legislators are talking now, the top agenda item for next session will be… Read more [More...]

The irresistible forces and the immovable object of the 2017 legislative session (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. It’s nearly impossible to predict what will happen in the 2017 Legislature. What happens when… Read more [More...]

The success of SQ 780 points Oklahoma to a better response to drug addiction (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. Of the four state questions that passed last Tuesday, the one that will yield the… Read more [More...]

Hofmeister indictment highlights need for better campaign finance laws (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. Almost everyone seems to agree that excessive money has fouled our politics in this country,… Read more [More...]

State Questions give Oklahomans a chance to govern ourselves (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. For a state with a well-deserved reputation for loathing government, we Oklahomans sure spend a… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma’s $1.3 billion school funding gap (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. There was more bad news this week that Oklahoma, for the third straight year, had… Read more [More...]

Reasons for worry and hope in the next Legislature (Capitol Updates)

Steve Lewis served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1989-1991. He currently practices law in Tulsa and represents clients at the Capitol. Thinking about the budget problems facing next year’s Legislature would give anyone a headache. Due… Read more [More...]