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A bill that moves approximately $23 million from the Rainy Day Fund to the state’s mental health agency is now heading to the governor's desk. It's the…
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Oklahoma’s state government will face a budget hole of about $869 million in the upcoming fiscal year, a 12.6 percent decrease from the current year,…
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Budget cuts of 7 percent ordered for Oklahoma's public schools and other state services likely were deeper than necessary, and the state will finish the…
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel and Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill…
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Oklahoma finance officials on Thursday announced another $235 million in cuts amid the sharp drop in oil and natural gas prices, saying schools, prisons…
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A state board led by Gov. Mary Fallin has certified the Oklahoma Legislature will have a budget hole next year of $1.1 billion, and the deficit will…
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Oklahoma finance officials say the hole in next year's budget has increased to $1.3 billion, or nearly 20 percent of last year's spending, amid depressed…
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Deeper budget cuts are coming for Oklahoma's schools, health care, roads and prisons.Oklahoma's Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger notified state…
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A $900 million hole in next year's Oklahoma state budget and a projected shortfall for the last six months of the current fiscal year could deepen if the…
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Oklahoma budget officials this week sounded a dire financial alarm: Low oil prices have driven state government revenues to failure. Three of the state’s…