Author: Steve Lewis

Despite all the complaining about SQ 640, legislators avoid votes to reform it (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. This past week was important in determining what legislators will be able to accomplish this session. It… Read more [More...]

The race is on for next year’s House and Senate leaders (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. It is a sign of the times that there is a leadership race going on in both… Read more [More...]

Try, fail, repeat, success? (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. With what was termed the last hope for raising revenue this session, HB 1033XX, failed… Read more [More...]

As legislative session begins, the first business is cleaning up last year’s budget mess (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. The legislative session started Monday, and it may be one of the most difficult ever. Legislators must… Read more [More...]

‘Step Up’ revenues are only the first step needed to fix Oklahoma’s budget problems (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. The House and the Senate appropriations committees have continued their budget hearings looking at agency requests for… Read more [More...]

Oklahomans don’t want to pay what it costs to keep incarcerating so many (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. In preparation for the upcoming session, Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh appeared before the House and Senate appropriations… Read more [More...]

‘Step Up’ Coalition adds to the conversation, but plenty of work left to do (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. There were significant developments this past week regarding the budget crisis. A group of about 70 business… Read more [More...]

Keeping all school taxes local would break our obligation to rural kids (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. An idea has surfaced again recently that, since the state will not or cannot properly fund public… Read more [More...]

What will it take to force action on passing recurring revenue? (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. Chinese water torture is a process in which water is slowly dripped onto a person’s forehead allegedly… Read more [More...]

The 2018 legislative process has begun (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. Today is the deadline to make a request for drafting of a bill to be introduced in… Read more [More...]