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The nation and the world saw how residents and state and local officials responded to last month's storms, and that's the story that will stick, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says.

No exact numbers are available, but legislation being passed by lawmakers is coming under closer scrutiny. One lawyer says about 15 percent of the bills passed into law over the past 20 years have violated a section of the state constitution that prohibits logrolling, or putting more than one subject into a bill.

Oklahoma Capitol briefs for June 14

Aggravated House Democrats called on Republicans to follow their rules Tuesday to provide the required 24-hour notice of a committee meeting that decides which measures will be heard on the Oklahoma House of Representatives floor. They especially are irked that two key bills — cutting the personal income tax rate and changing how the state pays for building repairs — that are part of a deal with the Republican governor and the GOP legislative leaders were added Tuesday to the agenda less than an hour before the House Calendar Committee met.…

The raises are for department examiners, who regulate consumer credit sales and loans. The increase in pay, which if equally applied would come out to about $16,280 each, is needed to win accreditation that will recognize them as being able to enforce federal regulations, the agency's director says.

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled Wednesday that an earlier opinion striking down sections of a capital-gains tax deduction applies only to the 2008 tax return of the company that filed the appeal. Worst-case scenarios indicated the state could have been responsible for paying up to $500 million if the court had said its ruling applied retroactively and to others who could be eligible for the deduction.

Oklahoma Capitol briefs for June 12

The White House approves Oklahoma's request to extend last month's major disaster declaration to include the latest rounds of tornadoes, flooding, straight-line winds and storms.

Collections for Oklahoma's principal funding source are up nearly 6 percent in May compared with the same month a year ago, reports show.

Gov. Mary Fallin, aerospace companies doing business in Oklahoma and economic development agencies will attend next week's Paris Air Show.

The move is an effort to make it easier for people looking for money and property left in Oklahoma bank accounts or safe deposit boxes as well as to improve ways to reunite that property with the owners.

Oklahoma Capitol news briefs for Tuesday, June 11, 2013.

Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller defends Gov. Mary Fallin's veto this year of a pension bill that the governor says was merely window dressing.

A lawmaker says a legislative interim study on term limits for Oklahoma judges appears to be retaliation because it is announced three days after the Oklahoma Supreme Court threw out a law dealing with how lawsuits are handled.

Money raised will be used to buy instruments, sheet music and art supplies for two elementary schools that were destroyed and a damaged junior high school in the Moore school district.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed 432 bills and vetoed 17 this year.

The law that provides $120 million over two years to pay for repairs to Oklahoma's state Capitol also calls for cutting the state's top personal income tax rate. An attorney says it is logrolling, which violates the constitution's single-subject rule. A hearing on whether the state Supreme Court will take up the challenge is set for next month.

Speaking at the Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma City, Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, said judges should avoid the perception of being partisan.

Oklahoma's treasurer said the state will see economic activity from the devastating storms as Oklahomans begin to rebuild.

Oklahoma Capitol briefs, June 6