State lawmakers were sent back to the Capitol with specific instructions to focus on fixing the state budget hold. But that doesn’t mean they all listened.
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Chicken-Fried News: Letter heads
Some prominent former political figures have an opinion on how lawmakers should be spending the special session.
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Chicken-Fried News: ABCs of Oklahoma Lawmaking
The Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down 2017’s Smoking Cessation Act.
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OKC’s September special election is a big moment for public safety spending
OKC’s September special election is a big moment for public safety spending.
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Letters to the Editor: July 5, 2017
On page 39: gigantic Medicaid cuts — seniors in nursing homes would be thrown out and millions of children will lose health care. On page 136: Waivers by states to not cover essential health care like maternity, mental health, etc.
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Chicken-Fried News: Ideal budget
The governor said the not ideal budget bill was not ideal days before it passed, and other lawmakers agreed.
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Letters to the Editor: June 14, 2017
Our legislators that we vote in every election are going to keep making the same repetitive mistakes year after year.
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Chicken-Fried News: Let’s get social
Oklahoma lawmakers took to social media to voice their concerns about the state budget.
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Chicken-Fried News: Slammers slammed
Oklahoma’s incarceration rate is out of control, and the states jails can’t keep up.
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Chicken-Fried News: High taxes?
Experts say legalizing marijuana in Oklahoma won’t fix budget problems but it couldn’t hurt them.