Oklahoma: State of the State - 2009

Oklahoma treasurer says limit on account is too low 5 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma needs a larger savings account, state Treasurer Scott Meacham said. The state constitution limits the capacity of the fund to 10 percent of the previous year’s certified general...

Oklahoma's rainy day has arrived 6 hr ago | Add a comment Deeper cuts than the 5 percent reductions ordered the past three months appear likely for state agencies to make up for declining revenues this fiscal year, which could cause grim circumstances,...

Oklahoma college students protest abortion disclosure bill Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment A group, consisting mostly of college students upset with an anti-abortion measure that legislators approved this year, pledged Friday during a rally at the state Capitol to be more informed about...

Capitol briefs Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment Appeals court judge selected Cleveland County District Judge William C. Hetherington Jr., above, was appointed Friday to the state Court of Civil Appeals. He succeeds Judge Glenn Adams, who retired...

Oklahoma lawmaker criticizes DHS raises Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment A legislator criticized the state agency that cut funding for some of the senior nutrition programs for giving raises to top administrators. But a spokeswoman for the Department of Human Services...

Oklahoma Capitol Briefs Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment AG, Walmart keep project Attorney General Drew Edmondson and Walmart will continue a campaign to help domestic violence abuse victims find shelters and service programs in their area, the attorney...

Senior meals supporters crowd Oklahoma's Capitol Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment Concerned that thousands of older Oklahomans are going without a meal, about 400 showed up Wednesday at the state Capitol to urge state leaders to restore $7.4 million in funding cuts to senior...

Hundreds of Oklahomans rally at state Capitol for senior meals Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment About 400 Oklahomans crowded around the second-floor rotunda of the state Capitol today to ask state leaders to restore funding to senior nutrition programs. Gov. Brad Henry, whose office is on...

Lawmakers seek funding answers for Oklahoma seniors Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment On the eve of a state Capitol rally expected to attract more than 100 older Oklahomans, legislators scurried Tuesday to suggest ways to restore cuts to some senior nutrition programs. Two...

U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin raises most cash in quarter Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment The three major gubernatorial candidates found themselves running neck and neck in raising money during the third quarter of this year, campaign reports filed with the state Ethics Commission show....

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry sees crisis as revenue declines Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment Plans to wait until legislators return to appropriate money to state agencies and programs reeling from recent 5 percent monthly budget cuts are in jeopardy if revenue collections continue to come...

Oklahoma awards Crosstown dirt project Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment The last dirt-work project for the Crosstown Expressway will start soon. Once that project is finished, in about a year, paving work will start on the new roadway that stretches from May Avenue to...

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry supports sending WWII vets to D.C. Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment About a week before Veterans Day, Gov. Brad Henry threw his support behind a privately funded effort to help World War II service members and other veterans get to Washington to visit national...

Oklahoma Capitol Briefs: Cancer study funds sought Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment CANCER study FUNDS SOUGHT Attorney General Drew Edmondson on Monday called on the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust’s board of directors to fund the operation of a cancer research...

Oklahoma Transportation Department deals with fund cuts Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment State transportation officials are bracing for less money both from the state and federal governments. The state Transportation Department, like other state agencies, is preparing for additional 5...

Officials seek incentives to bring grocers to Oklahoma Mon, Nov 2, 2009 | Add a comment Grocery store owners are developing an appetite to move into some of the small towns and city neighborhoods where years earlier stores closed after a major discounter arrived, an Oklahoma grocery...

Tulsa grocery store offers coffee, connection Mon, Nov 2, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA — It ain’t just groceries and coffee: It’s community. That’s one way Scott Smith describes his small grocery store, Blue Jackalope Grocery & Coffee. Smith opened...

Rep. Dan Boren’s town hall calls reach many Sat, Oct 31, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — By the time Rep. Dan Boren hung up the phone in his Capitol Hill office last Monday night, nearly 9,000 people had listened to him talk about such topics as health care, energy,...

Oklahoma treasurer declines race for another term Fri, Oct 30, 2009 | Add a comment State Treasurer Scott Meacham, once considered a 2010 gubernatorial contender, is passing up re-election and any other political office next year. Meacham, elected in 2006 to a full term after...

Oklahoma Briefs Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Doctor urges Pain measure A doctor specializing in treating those with chronic pain told a House panel Thursday that patient safety is compromised when others besides specially licensed...

Okahoma may have to tap savings fund to balance budget Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Add a comment Gov. Brad Henry, who has resisted using the state’s savings account since it last was used six years ago, said Tuesday that legislators may have no other option to balance this fiscal...

Rally planned to protest $7.4M senior nutrition cuts in Oklahoma Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Add a comment Older Oklahomans plan to rally next week at the state Capitol to get money restored to Oklahoma’s senior nutrition programs. The state Department of Human Services cut $7.4 million that pays...