Towards lowering our taxes which he opposes. Im for lowering taxes in the state of oklahoma. We do want to put more money toward our state services that make a difference Like Mental Health and substance abuse, focusing on pruzzyoon prison reform. We were able to give corrections more money this year. Those are important topics for our states. We need to put more money on roads and bridges. We need to focus our resources there. Thank you. The next question will be asked by dick pryor and it will be directed to governor fallin. Governor, following the deadly tornados of 2013, including the moore tornado that killed Elementary School students, each of you pushed for safer sheltrs at school. If elected, what will you propose in the next legislative session to address the issue of School Safety and security and why do you think your plan is the best idea . The moore tornados and all the tornados that we had throughout the community and all the different devastating things weve had over the
Good evening. On behalf of the bored of regents, the Administration Faculty and staff. Welcome to the gubernatorial debate. It is my pleasure to moderate tonights it debate. The production of this tee vent is a combined effort of oeta, the league of women voters of oklahoma and Oklahoma State university. And now lets introduce the candidates. Republican governor mary fallin and Democratic State representative joe dorman. [applause] now each candidate will be asked a series of questions by a panel of journalists. The questions were selected by the journalists. The Panel Members are Rachel Hubbard, the associate director and u raidor, dick pryor rick green. Now before start the debate we need to go over the ground rules. These rules were agreed upon by both candidates. Each candidate will have two minutes for an Opening Statement as well as two minutes for closing remarks. Questions from the Journalist Panel will be directed to both contrabandities. They will have 90 seconds to answer th
See more and more restrictions not just of coal here in the United States but around the world which means we have to get out in front of that to make sure we have the technologies to use coal cheaply and we got to be able to send those technologies to other countries that are still burning coal. Because there are going to be countries like china, india, and others that still use coal for years to come. Theyre poor and theyre building a lot of power plants quickly. They dont have as much natural gas as us. Theyre going to be interested in figuring out how can they use their coal supplies and how can they import our coal. But if were doing a good job giving them technologies that allow them to burn it clean then its a winwin for us. Not only are we able to sell coal to them but also selling the technology to help them burn in the cleanest way possible. Weve been making those investments and we got to keep on making those investments in order for us to get ahead of the curve. Reat questi
Governor Kevin Stitt has called the State Senate back to the Capitol for a special session to consider the appointment of Mike Holder to the OSU Board of Regents.
Governor Kevin Stitt has until June 14th to sign bills passed in the final week of the Oklahoma legislative session. He quickly signed the "Women's Bill of Rights."