The first Monday in February marks the beginning of the Oklahoma legislative session. And Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to consider thousands of bills.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses ongoing budget talks, a halt to Oklahoma's bank blacklist and Congressman Tom Cole's election primary challenge from a well-financed Texas businessman.
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A new grant program to increase Sheriff salaries is pending agreement between Oklahoma state Senate and House fiscal leaders. House members make the case that deputies are struggling because of a state statute tying their pay to that of their sheriffs.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a bill that would have required farmers, ranchers and other commercial irrigators to track how much water they pull from Oklahoma’s aquifers. Lawmakers said House Bill 3194 could help Oklahoma understand and protect its groundwater stores.
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Oklahoma lawmakers are close to reaching a budget deal. It could be as soon as the weekend if you ask certain members of the House. But remaining funding disagreements and a shake-up in Senate fiscal leadership are expected to delay productive negotiations.
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In a letter sent Friday to the leader of the state Senate, Gov. Kevin Stitt withdrew her nomination for the secretary role, removing her from the Senate confirmation process.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature on House Bill 4156 means Oklahoma joins the handful of other states trying to change the status quo of U.S. immigration enforcement.
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Oklahoma lawmakers have a message for people affected by the tornados that roared through Oklahoma this weekend: help is on the way.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses an audit showing questionable contracts by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and then-Director Shelley Zumwalt during the pandemic, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoing a bill to protect victims of domestic abuse and lawmakers sending Stitt a controversial immigration bill.
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Lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk on Wednesday that would require purchases of equipment, products and services by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to go out for bid.
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Senate Bill 1617 was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt last week. The new act allows municipalities to update and remove illegal discriminatory covenants from existing plats and deems them unlawful, unenforceable and invalid.
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As a crisis continues on the U.S. Southern Border, Oklahoma lawmakers are among counterparts from about a dozen states taking things into their own hands. Their efforts generated backlash from the Latino immigrant community.
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The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that could have benefited criminal defendants who were also victims.