Oklahoma budget negotiators prepare to tap cash reserve fund to help balance budget
Legislative leaders are planning to use some of the extra cash the state will have on hand after the start of the 2012 fiscal year, an option that some in the ruling Republican Party had considered taboo.
Not using any of the money would result in deeper cuts to agencies, many of which have had their budgets cut up to 20 percent the past three years.
“There are (Republican legislative) members out there that s...
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