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Budget Bills, Cutting DOC Funds & Farewell Sally Fundraising

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel and Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill about the budget with two weeks left in the legislature bills to increase revenue are starting in the legislature while state agencies including health and education are making deep cuts and now a group of lawmakers want to cut all funding to the Department of Corrections over the consolidation of work centers.

The trio also discusses a fundraising party by an LGBT group centered around saying goodbye to term limited, controversial Republican Representative Sally Kern and infighting among the Oklahoma GOP Congressional delegation.

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Michael Cross is the host of KOSU's Morning Edition.
Neva Hill has been a political commentator for KOSU since 1998.
Ryan Kiesel is a civil rights attorney and political consultant.
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