Oklahoma Voice

The state’s mental health department should go back to budgeting basics and build out guidelines for the services it must provide, the head of a legislative fiscal oversight agency said Monday.

Former President Bill Clinton addresses memorial on 30th anniversary of Murrah Building bombing

Allie Friesen said she inherited a ‘chaotic’ situation when she started in January 2024

Stitt said only “half” of the Forestry Service’s resources were deployed during the state’s worst wildfire outbreak, which he described as “the perfect storm of high winds, low humidity and drought conditions.”

The reasons vary, from systemic issues within the health care system to mistaken assumptions by some federal officials about what data be securely sent to tribes without risking privacy violations.

Gov. Kevin Stitt named a new appointment Wednesday to the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents, the governing board that oversees five colleges and universities, including Oklahoma State University.

Oklahoma’s top insurance official warned that health insurance premiums could see “substantial increases” next year if federal subsidies for the Affordable Care Act aren’t extended.

The measure is headed to the state House after the full Senate approved it on Tuesday with a party-line vote of 36-8.

It was unclear Tuesday afternoon whether the individuals were vaccinated against the measles.

Senate Bill 1027 attempts to change how signatures are collected.