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Gov. Mary Fallin met with legislative leaders Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of a special session to distribute the $140.8 million surplus discovered at the end of FY2016.
Republican legislative leaders say they've reached a budget deal with the governor's office that protects core state services and includes no further cuts to public schools.
State lawmakers have wrapped up another week at the state capitol with no new legislation proposed to fill the budget hole.
The Oklahoma Offices of Management and Enterprise (OMES) services now has a firm figure on just how deep the state’s budget deficit is: $1.3 Billion.
The second week of the legislative session is in the books and already lawmakers are expressing their frustration with what they consider to be a lack of progress.
State lawmakers are looking at five proposals to raise teacher salaries, but with an estimated $1 billion budget shortfall, some lawmakers say the proposals are more about getting votes than getting raises.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is asking state officials not to appropriate operations funds for his office in the coming fiscal year, according to a letter sent Monday.
