Senate demands house numbers in state budget talks

  • Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee Chairman Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, speaks with Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-Kellyville, before a meeting Wednesday. Tres Savage/nondoc.com
  • Vice Chairman Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, and Chairman Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, convene a House Appropriations and Budget Committee meeting Wednesday. Tres Savage/nondoc.com
As incumbent house and senate members submitted their reelection campaign paperwork today on the ground floor of the Oklahoma State Capitol to start the 2024 electoral filing period, the year’s inevitable budget battle blew up with a delayed and brief senate appropriations hearing defined by a four-minute speech criticizing house leaders for not providing spreadsheets as promised. “We deal with…

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