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The state agency that is charged with policing political campaigns will be furloughing staff members right in the middle of the 2010 election cycle if current budget projections hold up, an official said Friday.
Legislators fear that "we may be boxing ourselves in" by not dealing more aggressively with dramatic revenue shortfalls, House Speaker Chris Benge said Wednesday.
State Speaker of the House Chris Benge said Wednesday it is time to "inject some reality" into the state's deteriorating budget situation, a further indication that deeper cuts to stage agencies may be on the way.
Concerns about the economy, bumpy streets and crime aside, Tulsans still have a generally good opinion of their city and remain fairly optimistic about its future, the most recent Oklahoma Poll found.
Concerns about the economy, bumpy streets and crime aside, Tulsans still have a generally good opinion of their city and remain fairly optimistic about its future, the most recent Oklahoma Poll found.
The effect of attack ads in Tulsa's mayoral campaign was largely a wash, the most recent Oklahoma Poll suggests.
The Oklahoma Hall of Fame does not induct many members posthumously. Those it does are true legends.
Tulsa native Wayman Tisdale, who died earlier this year at age 44, was among seven new Hall of Famers inducted by the Oklahoma Heritage Association on Thursday night at the Renaissance Hotel.
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Actually, Florida is in much worse shape financially than Oklahoma. Along with California and Michigan, it's considered one of the most fiscally fragile states in the union. For the first time in memory, it is losing population.
The reason Florida has no income tax is because it has a very high property tax.
Based on the 2008 presidential election results, I'd guess you'd see McCain-Palin bumper stickers just about anywhere you go in Oklahoma, including Krispy Kreme ... or the gym.
About 18 percent said they were considering not voting because of negative campaigning. Because the survey was taken before the election, we don't know if they actually stayed home.
Quality Jobs incentives aren't paid until the requirements are met. It also has some "claw-back" provisions, meaning the incentives have to be repaid if the recipient doesn't live up to its promises.
E.Z. drove OU administrations crazy. Once claimed Oklahoma lost a Congressional seat because OU-Texas wasn't a home-and-home series. Truly one in a million.
Reckon this happened when those yahoos in that RV knocked over the telephone poll?
Interestingly enough, Oklahoma has had "government-run" insurance for many years. It's called CompSource -- the state-owned Workers Comp insurer of last resort. From what I understand, the employers who use it like it pretty well. Private insurers don't like it because it has some competitive advantages. The Legislature is looking at closing it down.
It is self-sustaining and does not receive state funds.
Leo --
What you are looking at on Recovery.gov is the information reported by recipients. You'll notice a second tab on the map for "agency reported." That tells a lot more about how the money was spent, but nothing about jobs.
The problem with something like the stimulus program is that nobody will ever really know its true impact because there is no way of knowing what would have happened without it. Sure, a lot of people have opinions, but nobody knows for sure.
As reported in the World several times, including 1/22/08 and 3/21/08, the Red Bud plant was owned by Kelson Holdings, a Maryland-based company with generating facilities in the U.S. and Canada. It was one of several plants built in Oklahoma about 10 years ago because of some major tax incentives and in anticipation of electric deregulation. Deregulation derailed, thanks largely to the Enron fiasco in California, and the Oklahoma plants set all but idle. OG&E became interested in Red Bud when the Corporation Commission refused to okay a new coal-fired plant near Red Rock. GRDA had previously tried to buy the Calpine plant near Coweta out of bankruptcy.
They make no bones about being conservative. Why would they? This is a conservative state. Being identified as conservative is generally a plus for candidates for elective office.
