Oklahoma budget to take a hit from recession

 
BY JULIE BISBEE
Published: December 18, 2008

Oklahoma will have less money to spend in the next budget year, but officials are still trying to determine how much less.

State Treasurer Scott Meacham said Oklahoma is not immune to a global recession that’s causing multimillion-dollar shortfalls in state dollars across the country. On Tuesday, the state Tax Commission estimated its tax collections in the next fiscal year would be down by $250 million. The...


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