Ok Policycast

Legislature overrides Fallin veto on reading bill; Senate sends Fallin pension reform bill; Senate approves pay raises for targeted health care, public safety state workers; & more...

Fallin vetoes bill that would change third-grade reading law; Bill to make gross production tax break permanent heads to House; Oil firms’ investor reports strike different tone than CEOs’ warnings on production tax; & more...

Oklahoma lawmakers to unveil new drilling incentive; Oklahoma educators say proposed budget is essentially flat; Native Americans hold Capitol protest; & more...

Reactions to Oklahoma's FY15 budget deal; OK Department Of Labor investigates prison conditions; Fallin considering veto of third-grade reading bill; & more...

House approves three bills identical to bills vetoed by Gov. Fallin; Gov. Fallin signs agreement to uphold national standards to curb prison rapes; House committee rejects science education standards over teaching of climate change; & more...

Barresi calls for school activities funds to be used for school employee health insurance; New plan emerging to fix crumbling Oklahoma Capitol; State election board launches online voter tool; & more...

Oklahoma barely avoids mid-year budget cuts in April; House OKs emergency Corrections funding; revised education funding bill presented in Legislature; & more...

Legislature sends third grade reading reforms to governor; four-pound piece of concrete fall from ceiling in Capitol office; 7,000 indigent Oklahomans could lose mental health services; & more...

Nearly 8,000 third graders fail reading exam and face retention; Department of Education's handling of data release criticized; drought getting worse than Dust Bowl; & more...

Oklahoma Medicaid agency braces itself for budget cuts; bill would scrap local campaign finance law; court issues six-month stay of execution for inmate pending investigation of botched execution; & more...

Teacher pay raise could cost Oklahoma $100 million per year; results from third grade reading tests expected Friday; State Senator Connie Johnson calls for one-year hiatus on executions; & more...

Tulsa budget plan will cut 228 jobs, including 66 school crossing guards; legislation to reform third-grade reading law in limbo; report shows how climate change is affecting Oklahoma; & more...

Energy giants float proposal to extend gross production tax break; Oklahoma treasurer says Kansas bond downgrade should serve as 'wake-up call' to Oklahoma; Hickman reelected as Oklahoma House Speaker; & more...

Moody's downgrades Kansas' credit rating, citing sluggish economy & risky tax cuts; Senate will not pursue veto override of gun bill; family of Oklahoma inmate killed in botched execution may sue state; & more...

Over 69,000 Oklahomans enrolled on Affordable Care Act marketplace; GOP challenger outraises Oklahoma schools superintendent; Oklahoma wheat farmers brace for poor harvest; & more...

Why there weren’t any doctors to prevent Oklahoma’s botched execution; Barresi again asks lawmakers for $6.5 million in supplemental aid; Design work is underway to replace Purcell-Lexington bridge; & more...

Oklahoma Postpones Execution After First Is Botched; Gov. vetoes 15 House bills, says vetoes to continue until “major issues” addressed; Oklahoma foster care reform efforts not meeting goals; & more...

Oklahoma governor signs income tax cut into law; Federal government has known for decades about link between injection wells and earthquakes; Oklahoma's double execution set for Tuesday a rarity; & more...

Attorney General Scott Pruitt to rewrite medical marijuana petition; Teacher shortages vex schools across Oklahoma; Mental health commissioner talks about budget cuts; & more...