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Next week, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers will begin meeting to discuss implementing the newly passed medical marijuana law.
The state Senate has called a meeting Wednesday evening to possibly vote on a plan that will raise teacher pay raises.
A plan to hike taxes on tobacco, alcohol, fuel and energy production in order to plug a hole in Oklahoma's budget and to stabilize state spending has fallen five votes short in the House amid bipartisan opposition.
The governor and other Republican leaders held a press conference Monday announcing a budget agreement. But the numbers don’t add up, the votes don’t appear to be there to pass it, and the governor is refusing to answer questions about it.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is calling lawmakers to the state Capitol for a special legislative session to fill a $215 million state budget shortfall after the state Supreme Court overturned a $1.50 per pack fee on cigarettes.
A plan to take money from the fund to repair roads and bridges and use it to patch part of the state’s budget hole passes in the state Senate, but it includes a plan to raise the gas and diesel tax, something Democrats have vowed to block.
The governor delivered her annual State of the State address, along with a budget plan that includes raising taxes.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders are outlining some of their top priorities for the legislative session at a forum hosted by The Associated Press.
The House Rules Committee will meet at the capitol today to discuss the sexual harassment allegations against Representative Dan Kirby.
Changing his mind again, Tulsa Republican Dan Kirby now says he will testify in front of the State House Rules Committee, amid accusations he sexually harassed a for staffer.
Thursday, the state legislature began taking up bills to increase revenue by cutting tax credits.
A new healthcare initiative claims it would broaden state healthcare coverage, and provide hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the state.