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End of Session Education Round-Up: Steady steps forward
While the 2019 legislative session was not as attention-grabbing as last year, public education still claimed a number of victories this session.
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In The Know: Bill restricts AG settlements; restoring 5-day school weeks; workers comp update…
‘Paid first to the State Treasury’: #okleg moves bill on AG settlements. Oklahoma Senate passes bill to effectively restore five-day school weeks. ‘A compromise by all parties’: Workers’ comp update advances. Gov. Kevin Stitt forms panel on criminal justice reform.
In The Know: Gallogly retiring; budget deal prospects; hospital fights for its life…
As legislative session winds down, Oklahoma lawmakers scramble to make budget deal. Stitt working on a health care plan, looking at agency reform, consolidation and use of federal funds. School choice at the heart of state ed board debate. Stitt's picks for State Board of Education to be considered Tuesday.
In The Know: Donations to lawmakers; Oklahoma’s tax incentives; new mental health court…
Donations to lawmakers keep flowing even as they vote on bills. How much do Oklahoma's tax incentives cost the state in revenue? Muskogee County debuts mental health court. Two criminal justice reform measures headed to governor.
In The Know: Justice reform in trouble; competing pension studies; solar energy gaps…
Stitt ‘circled the troops’ on criminal justice reform, but details murky. OKC senator to decline Gov. Stitt's education board picks over philosophical differences. Competing studies to look at Oklahoma state retirees' pensions. Statehouses, not the sun, drive solar energy gaps.
Bill Watch: JCAB is now the room where it happens
Last week marked another major deadline for this year's Legislature. Bills had until last Thursday to pass the full chamber opposite from where they originated.
In The Know: Changing ideas on Medicaid expansion; education funding in budget talks; boost for higher ed…
Conservative sentiment changing on Medicaid expansion. Lawmakers determined to increase school funding but wrestle with how to designate it. Budget talks to decide if teachers get pay raises. Boost in funding could be coming for Higher Education.
In The Know: Criminal justice reform alive; revamping court districts; Native American Day…
Oklahoma Lawmakers Keep Several Criminal Justice Reform Bills Alive on a Deadline Day. Stitt signs bill revamping state Supreme Court districts. New laws signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt plus those still awaiting his signature. Key medical marijuana legislation, oversight bill on fiscal transparency survive House deadline cuts.
In The Know: Rally for health coverage; consent education law signed; boosting online sales taxes…
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In The Know: Lawsuit cap struck down; Legislature considers coverage expansion; Stitt opposes Medicaid on ballot…
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