2022 State Budget Preview

We are just days away from the beginning of the 2022 legislative session and boy-oh-boy what a wild week it’s been. In this episode we’re going to be talking about the state budget, how it’s looking, what we expect the Governor and the legislature will prioritize when it comes to spending your money, and what issues we hope they’ll consider. We are joined by special guest Emma Morris, who is a policy analyst for healthcare and revenue at the Oklahoma Policy Institute.

Links mentioneD:

• First, the Tulsa World reported that State Auditor Cindy Byrd reported to the legislature that her office’s audit into Epic Charter Schools for gross misuse of public education funds was “the largest abuse of taxpayer funds in the history of the state” and she wasn’t sure why Attorney General John O’Connor had not yet filed charges.
• Then The Frontier reported that Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is refusing to release the investigative audit of the State Health Department and won’t even really say why. 
• 2022 OK Policy Annual Budget Summit