By James Coburn
Many Oklahomans are not pleased with what is happening at the state Capitol, said Jason Stone, D-Edmond.
Stone, 43, is the only Democrat running for House District 83. He will face Republican incumbent Randy McDaniel, also of…
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by Jeffrey Young
WASHINGTON — Presidential candidates and other national politicians throw around a lot of rhetoric about health care reform, but the real action is happening in conservative state legislatures across the country.
Red state governors and lawmakers are…
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By Jaclyn Cosgrove
DURANT — Nico Gomez stood before a small group of 25 concerned residents.
How will we save Oklahoma’s Medicaid program?
That’s the question at hand.
Gomez, Oklahoma Health Care Authority CEO, has his answer: the Medicaid Rebalancing…
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By Imani Gandy
Oklahoman legislators, like anti-choice politicians across the country, are hell-bent on eliminating abortion through a series of flank attacks while ignoring the needs of born humans in their state.
SB 1552 now goes back to the state…
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By Kelso
Quite possibly, the one thing everyone can agree on, regardless of political belief, is the thought of a working budget. After analysts pointed heavily at the oil bust, Oklahoma isn’t doing so OK these days. $1.3Billion in the…
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By Matt Trotter
Four criminal justice reform bills are Gov. Mary Fallin’s signature away from becoming law.
“It’s common-sense reform that the district attorneys, working with other people in law enforcement, came up with over the summer on the governor’s…
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By Rich Fisher
Yesterday at the State Capitol, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin offered her recommendations to the State Legislature on how to fill next year’s estimated $1.3 billion budget deficit. Her “Budget 2.0” provides for exempting Common Education, the Oklahoma…
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By Warren Vieth
State health care officials say they might be forced to proceed with a June 1 pay cut to Medicaid providers even if the Legislature enacts Gov. Mary Fallin’s proposals to ease the budget crisis.
The Oklahoma Health…
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Gene Perry
April 14, 2016 // Updated: May 1, 2019
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A new poll shows that large majorities of Oklahoma voters favor stopping this year’s income tax cut and restoring a 6.65 percent top income tax rate for the wealthiest households to ease the state budget emergency. Solid majorities of both…
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By Barry Friedman
Institutional callousness was averted last month when the State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services voted against HB 2665, an inexplicably heartless piece of legislation that would have eliminated Medicaid benefits for any “non pregnant able-bodied…
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