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Bill would let voters reduce threshold for passing tax hikes

Edit The Norman Transcript 01 Mar 2018
Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday signed into a law a budget that that imposes across-the-board cuts to state agencies for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends June 30 ... Fallin blamed the failure of the tax increase package on Democrats who opposed it, although opposition to the plan was bipartisan ... ....

Clark Jolley appointed as state secretary of finance

Edit The Oklahoman 01 Mar 2018
Governor Mary Fallin has selected Oklahoma Tax Commissioner Clark Jolley to serve as her cabinet secretary of finance, administration and information technology. The appointment will require state Senate confirmation ... Jolley is paid $131,835 a year for serving as a tax commissioner ... “Clark Jolley has a thorough understanding of state government finances and our state's budget structure,” Fallin said ... Show more 0 ....

Artists, educators and supporters honored at Governor's Arts Awards

Edit The Oklahoman 01 Mar 2018
Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Arts Council presented the awards during a ceremony at the state Capitol. “People ask me, ‘What do you have to do in Oklahoma? … Tell about your plays, your music, your talent, your culture, your festivals, your art, your museums,'” Fallin said....

Oklahoma higher education regent reappointed to term

Edit Alva Review-Courier 01 Mar 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin has reappointed Mike Turpen to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Turpen is a former state attorney general now in private law practice. His current term is to expire this year. Pending confirmation by the state Senate, the new term will expire in 2027. The regents oversee Oklahoma's 25 public colleges and... ....

Jolley appointed finance secretary

Edit The Journal Record 01 Mar 2018
Gov. Mary Fallin selected Oklahoma Tax Commissioner Clark Jolley to serve on her executive Cabinet as secretary of finance, administration and information technology ... ....

Melissa Houston to be honored with Kate Barnard Award

Edit Guthrie News Leader 01 Mar 2018
The Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women will honor Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Melissa McLawhorn Houston with the 2018 Kate Barnard Award. The annual Kate Barnard Award Ceremony and Luncheon, sponsored by F&M Bank, will be held at the Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N. Lincoln. Blvd., on Thursday, March 15, at 11.30 a.m ... Commissioner Houston was appointed to the position by Gov. Mary Fallin on November 10, 2015 ... ....

Tom Petty, Alabama Shakes and actor Jeff Goldblum among the highlights of Day 1 at ...

Edit Orange County Register 01 Mar 2018
Confusing? Not really. The Petty solo records were always practically Heartbreakers albums in all but name ... “By that I mean we haven’t rehearsed it, either.” ... By my reckoning “I Won’t Back Down” and “Free Fallin’” had the biggest crowd choral accompaniment early in the set, with maybe “Yer So Bad” and “Refugee” the biggest in the back half ... *** ... *** ... Where ... When....

Governor signs bill imposing cuts to Oklahoma agencies

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 28 Feb 2018
Mary Fallin signed a bill late Tuesday that imposes across-the-board budget cuts to all state agencies, including public schools, for the remainder of the fiscal year. Fallin signed the $6.98 billion general appropriations bill , which ... "Developing a budget in this difficult fiscal and political climate is never easy," Fallin said in a statement....

Battle over current state budget ends as Fallin signs off on agency cuts

Edit Tulsa World 28 Feb 2018
Agencies will be required to reduce their budgets by about 2 percent through the end of June to save about $45 million ... ....

State briefs for Feb. 28

Edit The Oklahoman 28 Feb 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY. Turpen reappointed to State Regents. Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday reappointed Mike Turpen to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Turpen, of Oklahoma City, is a partner in the law firm of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis in Oklahoma City and Tulsa ... Gov ... "Mike is one of Oklahoma's strongest voices for higher education," Fallin said in her announcement ... FROM STAFF REPORTS ... Mary Fallin in 2015 ... March 10....

Gov. Fallin Signs 2018 Fiscal Year Budget Bill

Edit Public Technologies 28 Feb 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin today signed , the Fiscal Year 2018 budget bill, into law ... It is the result of two special sessions that Fallin convened after three health-related agencies were plunged into a $214 million budget shortfall last August when a proposed smoking cessation fee was struck down by the state Supreme Court. Fallin urged lawmakers to pass revenue and reform measures to make up the funding gap....

Gov. Fallin Selects Clark Jolley as Secretary of Finance, Administration and Information Technology

Edit Public Technologies 28 Feb 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin today announced she has selected Oklahoma Tax Commissioner Clark Jolley to serve on her executive Cabinet as secretary of finance, administration and information technology. Jolley, of Edmond, is vice chairman of the Tax Commission and a former state senator ... 'Clark Jolley has a thorough understanding of state government finances and our state's budget structure,' said Fallin ... (noodl. 42600099) ....

Gov. Fallin Recognizes Service of Oklahoma's Insurance Commissioner, Emergency Management Director

Edit Public Technologies 28 Feb 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin today presented citations to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak and Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood ... adjusters,' said Fallin ... 'Your staff has responded to tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires and ice storms to help victims quickly recover from catastrophe,' Fallin said....
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