This was the first week of the regular legislative session, and state lawmakers wasted no time getting to work.

State lawmakers are expected to pass a series of bills in committee Thursday, that would raise taxes and give teachers $5,000 annual pay raises. 

A bill to bridge the state’s budget gap and provide raises to teachers and state workers died in the State House of Representatives Wednesday. Without the funding, the state will make massive cuts to services.

State lawmakers have begun to fill the state's $215 million budget hole, but it's coming without a compromise.

A bill touted by Republicans as being their “last best” offer to bridge the state’s budget gap and offer teachers and state workers raises is now dead. 

The Oklahoma State Senate today passed a resolution calling for an increase in the tax on oil and natural gas production. 

A republican plan to bridge the state’s budget gap fails, putting services for tens of thousands of Oklahomans in jeopardy.

Hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans will be impacted if the state cuts outpatient mental health and substance abuse services.

Tax credits and other incentives are a significant part of any state's economic development strategy. In Oklahoma, the incentive that is often credited for doing the most to create new jobs is the Quality Jobs Program, and yet there's healthy debate among economists as to its true value and whether it's worth the cost. 

The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a $6.8 billion spending plan. The proposal passed by a vote of 57-42.

Republicans pitched a plan to raise the taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel and tobacco without raising the tax on oil and natural gas production.

The state legislature has adjourned after passing a $6.9 billion dollar budget plan.