By Rick M. Green, Capitol BureauKey players representing the Oklahoma House, Senate and the governor’s office have been working late hours trying to hash out a budget that covers a $611 million funding shortfall. Most areas of state government will receive cuts, but discussions are continuing about the size of the reductions for some state agencies. “There may be a few holdups over how deep they want to cut the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, how deep they want to cut higher education and maybe a few other areas,” House Democratic Leader Scott Inman, of Del City, said Friday. Sen.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma Lawmakers Discuss Budget Cuts
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Fri, 05/15/2015 - 9:28pm
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