State finance officials say collections to Oklahoma's main operating fund came in slightly below the official estimate last month and that Oklahomans shouldn't expect much of a financial windfall this year.
The Republican and Democratic candidates for governor have different ideas about dealing with the state's expanding prison population.
At a time when most government agencies have been attempting to cap their workforces, if not reduce them, state-supported higher education is doing just the opposite.
In the wake of a hiring and salary freeze imposed by Governor Fallin one year ago, state agency heads were allowed to continue making hires and giving raises, as if there was no freeze.
