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The joint Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency presented a report Thursday detailing the degree to which state agencies comply with mandated reporting of various aspects of their work. Findings indicate that the system for submitting information requested by lawmakers is broken, but not irreparable.

More than a decade of faulty budgeting practices and mismanagement at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health contributed to the agency's recent financial crisis, according to an investigative report.

Oklahoma's tax revenues are up by a fraction of a percent compared to this time last year, according to a June report by the state treasury department. It's largely attributed to a tax lawmakers want to get rid of — and that makes up much of the state's budget.

The Oklahoma State Department of Public Safety announced it will be shifting highway patrol resources out of the state's major metros. The hope is for local police departments to take over the job, but they're unprepared.

Nearly $78 million in funding for Oklahoma schools is being withheld by the Trump administration as part of a nationwide block of federal education funding.

A Muscogee citizen who works for her tribe and lives on its reservation still must pay income tax to Oklahoma, despite her tribal nation's redefinition as Indian Country after the McGirt case.

Two Oklahoma doctors face criminal charges following a nationwide healthcare fraud investigation conducted by the Department of Justice.

While local law enforcement agencies ramp up immigration enforcement in Oklahoma, federal authorities have already started deporting unauthorized immigrants across the state.

Dozens of new state laws went into effect today. Here are some of the noteworthy pieces of legislation going into the next fiscal year.

A group of Oklahoma City attorneys filed a lawsuit against Gov. Kevin Stitt this week, requesting the Oklahoma Supreme Court prevent the creation of a business court system they consider unconstitutional.