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(access required)">Capitol week in review … (April 30-May 4) (access required)

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate, Week in Review

We may have our first interim study subject lined up for this year—workers’ compensation reform. Sound familiar? House Speaker Kris Steele thinks it’s ripe for another go ‘round. Well, maybe not another massive redrafting of Title 85 (that’s where workers’ comp lives, in the law books). This one would center on whether Oklahoma should join [...]

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(access required)">Capitol week in review (April 16-20) (access required)

April 20th, 2012 · No Comments · House, Senate, Week in Review

With just four days to work through opposite-house measures by the end of Thursday, April 26, Oklahoma lawmakers have their work cut out for them (as always during floor-deadline crunch time). You can bet many are crossing their fingers there will be no major floor fights—either hyper-parliamentary or policy-focused—to force their chamber into legislative days [...]

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(access required)">Capitol week in review… (April 2-6) (access required)

April 6th, 2012 · No Comments · House, Senate, Uncategorized, Week in Review

House Speaker Kris Steele is not quite ready to give up on an income tax cut this session, but acknowledges that the initial euphoria over the possibility of eliminating the tax has cooled somewhat.

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(access required)">Capitol week in review (March 19-23) (access required)

March 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · House, Senate, Uncategorized, Week in Review

No floor actions to review this week. Things were even quieter than usual at this time on the calendar, as both houses seemed to take a breather after rushing toward the March 15 original-house committee deadline. The week also was abbreviated, with the House and Senate deciding to take Thursday off (saving $5,000 in Senate [...]

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