‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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