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\u2019s been. In this episode we\u2019re going to be talking about the state budget, how it\u2019s looking, what we expect the Governor and the legislature will prioritize when it comes to spending your money, and what issues we hope they\u2019ll 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\u2019s audit into Epic Charter Schools for gross misuse of public education funds was \u201cthe largest abuse of taxpayer funds in the history of the state\u201d and she wasn\u2019t sure why Attorney General John O\u2019Connor had not yet filed charges.
- Then The Frontier reported that Oklahoma Attorney General John O\u2019Connor is refusing to release the investigative audit of the State Health Department and won\u2019t even really say why.
- 2022 OK Policy Annual Budget Summit