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Carmen Forman The Oklahoman Gov. Kevin Stitt wants the state to live within its means in the state budget he has proposed for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Stitt on Monday unveiled his executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year — an $8.3 billion budget that includes socking away $300 million in state savings accounts. “Weve taken a conservative approach with the fiscal year ‘22 budget as the country and Oklahoma will continue to navigate unknowns in the wake of the pande...

4:44 The OMMA awarded a contract to the Florida-based company Metrc in September to implement a seed-to-sale system, which is expected to launch in February. Kelly Williams, interim director of the OMMA, said it will account for the full lifespan of every plant and product across the state.  “We’ll be able to see the movement of those packages and products, and then when we go on site, we’ll be able to verify what is supposed to be on site versus whats actually there,” she said. “So ...

New push underway for sentencing reform following failure of State Question 805 Share Updated: 9:14 AM CST Jan 26, 2021 Share Updated: 9:14 AM CST Jan 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Well, Im told this will be a compromise bill, taking into account some of the concerns from those who voted no on 805 for example, It wont be a constitutional amendment, and it also one includes certain crimes like domestic violence, criminal justice reform advocates say. From ...

Senate Notes: Sen. Shane Jett

Steele: Criminal justice reform must continue through Legislature Kris Steele Oklahoma continued on its criminal justice reform journey last year with State Question 805. While the result was not what we had hoped for, over 500,000 Oklahomans voiced their support to end extreme sentences for individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses, make better use of state resources and increase investments in treatment, mental health care and services for survivors. Since Election Day, this statewide move...

Right Thinking: Skillful damage control needed to avert Medicaid expansion disaster Andrew C. Spiropoulos State lawmakers, facing a pandemic and a struggling economy, will have their policymaking hands full in the upcoming legislative session. The most serious challenge lawmakers face is devising a plan for funding the dramatic expansion of the Medicaid program enacted by voters through State Question 802. Legislators intend to implement the new plan by July 1. Devising the new Medicaid program...

State Sen. John Haste, who normally is counted among the good-guy Republicans and is the best member of the Senate produced by the city of Broken Arrow (by far), has proposed a very bad idea. Haste’s Senate Joint Resolution 4 would rewrite the state Constitution so that future efforts to revise the Constitution would require a majority of more than 60% to pass. Currently, a simple majority vote of the people can approve constitutional revisions whether they come from the Legislature or ini...

Kids, they are making much more conservative effort to make a strong pick to hispanic voters this time around so i think the new mexico speech he saw last night was all part of that strategy. >> the campaign said that inside 8,004,000 outside combat the pretty turn out for the state of new mexico. elizabeth warren was here in new york this thing and upwards 20,000. she had an oppressives showing. >> when 2016 candidate trump were talking with the crowds and people were eye rolling, when those pe...

Remote from the rest of the spanish empire that it was possible for the united states to pluck it. i dont think anybody becomes a romantic about it probably until the taos painters arrive. >> anthony: starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual groove. every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of, whatever. mm, chilies. >> server: more chili. >> dan: all right, thank you. >> server: and this is level three. >> dan: thats...

>> dan: thats the -- by the way, the state question in new mexico. >> anthony: red or green? >> dan: red or green. >> anthony: ordinarily, i like green. its like yankees or mets. you gotta pick one. this green, however, is not ordinary green. my face is burning off. [ laughter ] this -- this aint normal. oh god, this hurts. >> dan: im going to join you. fate lies right here. >> anthony: def con one, two, three. its a slow roll, too. first, you think its going to be okay. then, its not. theres no...