By: Storme Jones
OKLAHOMA CITY -
The legislature’s office tasked with inspecting the finances and operations of state government submitted a draft report focused on making state budget forecasts more accurate.
Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) Executive Director Mike Jackson described the current process as inefficient and lacking in communication with lawmakers.
“We recognize how hard the revenue estimation calculation is,” Jackson said. “It’s like counting stars.”
Currently, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Tax Commission prepare a report for the Board of Equalization.
The LOFT report recommends adding input on the board from the state’s most volatile revenue sources, corporate income taxes and oil and gas production.
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Show Transcript DIRE BUT THE NEWS IS GIVING HER A GLIMMER OF HOPE. YES, SHE’S WITHOUT WORK DUE TO COVID, STRUGGLING TO KEEP HER LIGHTS ON AND CARE FOR HER FAMILY,SAYING ALTHOUGH SHE’S HAPPY ABOUT THE NEWS SHE WON’T , BREATHE RELIEF UNTIL SHE SEES THE MONEY IN HER ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY REALLY , ROUGH STRUGGLE. JULIANA SANDRIDGE NEVER THOUGHT SHE’D BE IN THIS POSITION, BUT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, SHE WAS FURLOUGHED. LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF HER 6 CHILDREN AND GRANDDUAGHTER WITHOUT A JOB. VERY DEPRESSING TO KNOW THAT IT IS YOU’RE A MOTHER AND YOU CAN’T EVEN PROVIDE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. SANDRIDGE STILL WAITING FOR HER LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK, WORRIED ABOUT HER CAR PAYMENT AND OTHER BILLS, WHILE FACING EVICTION.
Nearly 35,000 unemployed Oklahomans woke up Friday with more cash in their bank accounts.
These payments were made to claimants whose pandemic-related unemployment benefits ended when two key federal programs expired in December, but who still hadn't exhausted their claims.
Shelley Zumwalt, executive director of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, said the agency determined it did not need to wait on more guidance from the federal government before sending the money to people who filed a claim for the week ending Jan. 3.
Some people questioned whether they could file a claim for that week because the bill extending benefits was signed after those programs expired. The U.S. Department of Labor later clarified