“Oklahoma will continue to struggle if we don’t fix the structural deficits of our budget. Let’s focus on the reality of our state budget deficit. To start, for decades, we have attempted to balance our budget for too long with the use of one-time resources. We cannot afford to pass another budget using a large amount of non-recurring revenue.”
-Governor Mary Fallin, calling for the Legislature to pass new recurring revenues in her State of the State address (Source). Read our statement on the Governor’s speech here.