Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s travel expenses add up

Since taking office, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has spent $273K on trips, many promoting the state and attempting to lure business and jobs to the Sooner State.

BY MEGAN ROLLAND AND PHILLIP O’CONNOR | Modified: October 13, 2012 at 9:52 pm | Published: October 14, 2012

She traveled to energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens’ Texas ranch to relax, to Arizona for college football bowl games and Ireland for her daughter’s wedding.

photo - Gov. Mary Fallin on the trading floor after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange in August 2011. Fallin was in Washington, D.C., and New York for a State Chamber fly-in that cost taxpayers $11,850.AP Photo

Gov. Mary Fallin on the trading floor after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange in August 2011. Fallin was in Washington, D.C., and New York for a State Chamber fly-in that cost taxpayers $11,850.AP Photo

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She flew to England to tout the state’s aerospace industry, Detroit to lobby for compressed natural gas vehicles and Williamsburg, Va., where she was named the vice chairwoman of the National...
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