Commentary
Brandon Dutcher
According to our friends at the Oklahoma Policy Institute, Oklahoma “will face prolonged constraints on the state budget.”
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: budget
Counterpoint: A matter of perspective
Commentary
Brandon Dutcher
According to our friends at the Oklahoma Policy Institute, Oklahoma “will face prolonged constraints on the state budget.”
Point: ‘A new fiscal reality’
Commentary
David Blatt
The economic downturn has hit the Oklahoma state budget hard. With high unemployment and low commodity prices, we’ve seen revenues plummet by almost 25 percent.
State of flux
The function and makeup of the State Board of Education are in question as the body grapples with future budget woes.
News
Clifton Adcock
Next year’s education budget could see a greater funding cut than the 2.9 percent reduction laid out in Gov. Mary Fallin’s budget because of federal funds running dry, Oklahoma State Board of Education members were told at its Feb. 24 meeting.
Cutting up
Letters to the Editor
Hannah Harder
Environmental Protection Agency cuts make me ecstatic! The newest budget cuts slash 16 percent of the EPA operating budget, a greater percentage cut than any other agency. As a biologist, environmental scientist and educator, I hope we get to the full 29 percent proposed.
Optimistic thoughts
Next fiscal year’s city budget might provide for the restoration of public safety positions.
News
Clifton Adcock
The city is hoping to restore several police, fire and other city positions and services in the municipal budget set to be presented to the Oklahoma City Council at its Tuesday meeting.
Restoration project
The proposed city budget allows for the reinstatement of previously eliminated public safety positions.
News
Clifton Adcock
The public got its first glimpse at the proposed city budget for the upcoming fiscal year during the May 10 City Council meeting.
For art’s sake
A new nonprofit seeks to educate Oklahomans on the importance of art.
News
Ryan Querbach
Amid proposed budget cuts to state art funding, three arts leaders have established the first nonprofit to formally advocate for public funding of the arts.
'The new normal'
With an ongoing budget shortfall, the state Department of Education zeroed out funding for National Board Certified Teachers
News
Clifton Adcock
It took dozens of hours of videotaping class sessions, more than 60 pages worth of writing and more than two years for Meredith Wronowski, a science teacher at Oklahoma City’s Capitol Hill High School, to become a National Board Certified Teacher.
