Author: Steve Lewis

State budget sitting on shaky constitutional foundations (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. Wow! I admit I never saw this coming. When the legislature returned for its last… Read more [More...]

A test of leadership for Speaker McCall (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 only two weeks of session remaining (one week to pass revenue bills), legislators seem determined to… Read more [More...]

House and Senate vacancies should make passing revenue bills easier (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. Several revenue-raising measures were introduced last week, and at least some will soon be making… Read more [More...]

Are we breaking ‘free at last’ from anti-tax dogma? (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. Free at last! There was an interesting exchange on the House floor last week between… Read more [More...]

There will be some revenue bills passed, but the question is how much? (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 work of the standing committees is finished for this session. Bills now have one week… Read more [More...]

Fog has yet to clear on state 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. Nine weeks down and seven weeks to go in this session, and the fog has… Read more [More...]

Another shoe to drop on state finances? (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. I have a feeling there may be another shoe to drop when it comes to… Read more [More...]

Lawmakers are finally starting to look at revenue options (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. Last week saw a flurry of bills meet the deadline for floor passage in their… Read more [More...]

As we near halfway point of legislative session, still waiting for solutions on big issues (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 spring break week for most of the state’s schools, so the… Read more [More...]

Legislature’s timid approach to a teacher raise doesn’t bode well for schools (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. I watched the House floor debate on HB 1114 by Rep. Michael Rogers (R-Broken Arrow)… Read more [More...]