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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.
Get up-to-date on the latest from the state capitol, as lawmakers work their way through thousands of bills concerning taxes, school funding, reproductive care and more.
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Our panel discusses the governor signing a controversial Texas-style illegal immigration bill and more trouble for Tourism Director Shelley Zumwalt.
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Legislative leaders and Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office are expected to sit down Monday in what could be a historic public meeting on budget negotiations.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Monday a bill that would lock Oklahoma to permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST), but only if the federal government allows it.
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Former Lt. Gov. Jari Askins is retiring as administrative director of the courts. Her last day is June 30.
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President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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Most of Oklahoma's Medicaid population is transitioning to managed care. This means that instead of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority paying providers directly, it’s paying private companies to coordinate enrollees’ care. That transition has been decades in the making.
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As the war in Gaza wages on, OU students joined the growing number of students across the country calling for their universities to cut ties with companies supporting Israel.
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Local headlines for Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Soybeans are used in everything from animal feed to soy burgers to the famous salty, brown condiment that bears their name. Now they have the honor of becoming Oklahoma’s latest state symbol.
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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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Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.
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President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, making federal aid available to those affected by last weekend's severe storms in Hughes, Love, and Murray counties.
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