By: Tyler Parette
June 17, 2016 // Updated: June 20, 2016
By Rick Green
Oklahoma finance officials, concerned over sagging tax revenues, cut spending so much in recent months that the state will end its fiscal year in two weeks with a cash surplus likely to top $100 million.
That amounts… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
June 16, 2016 // Updated: June 20, 2016
By Barry Friedman
In “The White Album,” Joan Didion’s seminal work about how America defines itself, she writes, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live…We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
June 12, 2016 // Updated: June 20, 2016
By Rick Green
A state agency that manages tobacco settlement money has created a $250,000-a-year job and offered it to someone whose name was not disclosed.
By comparison, the governor of Oklahoma makes $147,000 per year.
Some have questioned the… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
June 9, 2016 // Updated: June 20, 2016
By Brian Brus
Proposed rules would affect payday lending businesses, like Advance America at 1841 Belle Isle Blvd. in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Brent Fuchs)
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed new rules on what the agency… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
June 2, 2016 // Updated: June 6, 2016
By Krissy Clark
You, yes, you, might have used welfare services without knowing it.Digital Vision
This article is part of the series “Welfare Reform: 20 Years Later,” a collaboration between Slate and Marketplace. You can listen to Marketplace’s podcast on… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
June 1, 2016 // Updated: June 6, 2016
By Aidan Russell Davis
Oklahoma’s legislative session came to a disappointing end late last week. Legislators now await Gov. Mary Fallin’s signature on a $6.8 billion budget that harms the state’s poorest residents and sets the Sooner State on an… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
May 31, 2016 // Updated: June 6, 2016
By Krissy Clark
Instructors Cynthia Rayford and Scott Roby conduct a marriage counseling class in Oklahoma. – Krissy Clark
Sometimes the things we argue most about are the things we know the least about. That’s the idea behind our new… Read more [More...]
By: Tyler Parette
May 26, 2016 // Updated: May 31, 2016
By Crystal Price
OKLAHOMA CITY —More than 100 parents, students, and educators marched from Douglass High School to the state Capitol on Thursday morning.
The group urged lawmakers to scrap the proposed budget and come up with a better plan… Read more [More...]
By Ashley Kringen
OKLAHOMA – Its summer break for a lot of students but, instead of relaxing, some kids chose to stand up for their education at a rally.
Parents and students met at Douglass High School in northeast Oklahoma… Read more [More...]
By Barbara Hoberock
OKLAHOMA CITY — While agencies across the state are taking budget cuts, the Legislature has increased its appropriation, according to a proposal that came out Tuesday.
The House, Senate and Legislative Services Bureau will see a combined… Read more [More...]