Updates from the state Capitol – Corporate, personal income tax cuts included in $8.3 billion state budget
Once fully implemented, the tax cuts would eliminate an estimated $280 million in annual tax revenue for the state.
Oklahoma House leaders intend to fund privatized Medicaid if the Senate doesn’t approve a bill to halt the plan
Some lawmakers said they weren’t willing to use the budget as a lever to stop managed care.
Cutting Oklahoma’s corporate or personal income taxes this year looks increasingly unlikely
On the heels of the pandemic and amid concerns about the millions of dollars in education funding that would have to be replaced, Senate Republicans have halted plans to cut taxes.
Two new hurdles make the initiative petition process more stringent in Oklahoma
Lawmakers pushed through two bills as part of Republican backlash to voter mandates on Medicaid expansion, medical marijuana and criminal justice reform.
Oklahoma hopes coronavirus relief money will help slow a coming tide of evictions, homelessness
Oklahoma has $289 million in rental assistance and grants as a federal moratorium on evictions draws to an end.
Republican tax cut plans could eliminate $100 million in Oklahoma education funding
Lawmakers say they won’t allow tax restructuring to impact education funding, but the bills are continuing through the legislative process without details on how money now dedicated for schools will be replaced.
Responding to summer protests, Oklahoma lawmakers aim to protect police, expand punishments for protesters
Lawmakers say they are trying to address instances of violence or extreme disruption, but activists believe lawmakers instead chose to criminalize those who already feel targeted by police.
Lawmakers target Oklahoma’s initiative petition process after uptick in successful state questions
After five years of sweeping policy changes led primarily by voters in the state’s metropolitan areas, the Republican-controlled Legislature is poised to make substantial revisions to the initiative petition process during the 2021 legislative session.
