Next Oklahoma governor will face ‘brutal’ budget
Whoever is elected governor this year will have to deal with leading Oklahoma out of its budget woes.
And the new governor will have to do it without the help of about $1.2 billion in reserve funds — a state savings account gradually built up to nearly $600 million and a similar amount in federal stimulus funds — that legislators and Gov. Brad Henry have available to draw from this session.
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