This came as a shocker to me as I havent seen it in any other news.
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** Lawmakers exempt themselves from budget sacrifice
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As lawmakers faced a $1.3 billion shortfall this year, a wide range of cuts were discussed,
along with various fee and tax increases. But one thing was never aggressively pursued as a
cost-saving measure, at least publicly: forgoing a 35 percent increase in legislative pay set
to take effect in November.
News of the enormous pay raises has drawn much criticism, especially since the raises are being
funded in a year when the state faced a $1.3 billion shortfall and lawmakers passed a budget
the governor says makes another $1 billion shortfall likely next year.
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** Lawmakers override veto, will borrow millions to create jobs for professors
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Members of the Oklahoma Legislature voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's vetoes of two
bills impacting the state's "endowed chair" program. With their override votes, lawmakers
ensured the state will borrow millions to fund matching grants that have paid salaries to
college officials to teach classes in New Mexico, direct theatre performances in state prisons,
and study classic films, among other things.
The Oklahoma State Regents' Endowment Trust Fund is used to match private donations for endowed
chair positions at state colleges.
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** Stitt vetoes tax hike
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Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed legislation that would have increased property taxes on numerous
Oklahoma businesses, saying the legislation would "hurt our state."
Senate Bill 1595 appeared to primarily suspend employment requirements for businesses that
receive property tax exemptions, but it also included a crucial one-sentence section that
repealed existing law. The repealer language only referred to the law being deleted by
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** Leader of 2018 teacher walkout arrested
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One of the chief ringleaders of the 2018 teacher walkouts in Oklahoma has been arrested for
lewd proposals to a minor, the Stillwater Police Department announced Wednesday.
Twenty-seven-year old Alberto Morejon, an 8th grade U.S. history teacher at Stillwater Junior
High, was arrested following a complaint from a concerned parent and a subsequent
investigation, a department release revealed.
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** Legislature overrides veto, may restrict citizen choice on tag renewal
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Lawmakers voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a tag-agent bill, saying it would
increase consumer choice in vendors. But the text of the new law undermines that claim.
House Bill 4049 revises the processes used to renew a car tag online. When Gov. Kevin Stitt
vetoed the bill, he said his goal is to eventually "offer all state services conveniently
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