Oklahoma's budget hole close to $900 million

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT - Capitol Bureau
Published: February 17, 2009

Legislators will have $612 million less to appropriate this session compared with last year, a state board agreed today.

The state Board of Equalization, made up of several state officials, certified that legislators would have about $6.4 billion to appropriate for the 2010 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Legislators last year had about $7.1 billion.

Oklahoma 's budget hole is closer to $900 million because s...


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