Oklahoma budget approved despite top board members skipping meeting
Next year’s state budget was approved Friday. In it is money the state could put toward new laws and agencies.
Governor Stitt believes income tax cut is possible despite expected revenue shortfall
The Board of Equalization released some finalized numbers and said the state is underwater by around $350 million.
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Stillwater building contractor pleads guilty to tax fraud
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office has announced that a Stillwater building contractor has pleaded guilty in a tax fraud ...
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Tax cut talk continues as Board of Equalization certifies slightly higher FY 2026 projections
The Oklahoma Legislature now has its FY 2026 projections after the Board of Equalization approved appropriation percentages ...
Trump, pensions, health care among pressure points as Gov. JB Pritzker crafts state budget
Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...
7th U.S. prosecutor quits as DOJ seeks to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
A seventh federal prosecutor resigned Friday after the Department of Justice ordered criminal corruption charges against New ...
Nonprofit leader getting $550K paycheck through controversial state taxpayer-funded grant
The chief executive officer of a Metro Detroit nonprofit organization is getting $550,000 annually from a $20 million state ...
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Voter Game Plan: Get ready to vote in the 36th State Senate race
Your overview of the candidates and issues in the Feb. 25 special election. The top two vote-getters will face off in April ...
Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who stepped down in the wake of Whitewater, dies at 81
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas’ governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later ...
Once a political giant, Madigan now a convicted felon and likely prison inmate — but not a racketeer
The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.
Stillwater building contractor pleads guilty to tax charge
A Stillwater building contractor entered a guilty plea in a tax fraud case relating to his restoration business, which saw him accused of failing to declare $2.5 million of income and almost $500,000 ...
Stillwater business owner pleads guilty to tax evasion, will pay state $70K
What started as a wage-theft investigation ended with a Stillwater business owner pleading guilty to tax evasion in Ramsey ...