Governor Mary Fallin has placed on the November 6 general election ballot a proposal to create a new oil and natural gas trust fund to help operate state government.

Governor Mary Fallin said a state question will be on the November ballot to allow school districts to use property tax funds - now used primarily for building - for operational costs like teacher pay. 

In November, Oklahoma voters will decide if candidates for governor and for lieutenant governor should run on a joint ticket, much like candidates for U.S. president and vice president.

A bipartisan legislative committee met Wednesday to discuss regulating medical marijuana. 

Next week, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers will begin meeting to discuss implementing the newly passed medical marijuana law.  

Oklahoma's new medical marijuana law is expected to bring in some new tax revenue, although it's too early to put an exact figure on how much.

Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed the controversial constitutional carry bill. Senate Bill 1212 would have allowed anyone without a felony conviction and is 21 or older to carry a gun in public without a license.

Governor Mary Fallin signs a bill aimed at making it safer for women who are pregnant and incarcerated. State Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa and State Senator AJ Griffin spent about a year working on House Bill 3393.

The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill that that would allow anyone over 21-years-old without a felony conviction to carry a handgun without a license Wednesday night. 

Gov. Mary Fallin signed $7.6 billion budget bill into law Monday.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation designed to shrink the state's prison population.

A deal on taxing wind energy we first reported on last week has died, and lawmakers have since passed a more controversial wind energy bill. 

The state House of Representatives passed a controversial bill that would allow anyone over 21-years-old without a felony conviction to carry a handgun without a license Wednesday. 

The state legislature is close to passing a spending plan weeks before the deadline and without any cuts to state agencies.  

The House debated and passed an amendment that would allow judges to determine whether underage killers should serve life in prison. It's now headed to the Senate.

The state of Oklahoma will begin laying the framework for growing industrial hemp. 

The State House of Representatives passed a bill that could change the way underage killers are sentenced. 

The initiative petition seeking to give teachers a pay raise by increasing the state's gross production tax (GPT) was withdrawn by the organizers of Restore Oklahoma Now.  

With the teacher walkout officially over, state lawmakers are setting their sights on criminal justice reform, properly funding mental health and substance abuse treatment. 

A bill is headed to Governor Mary Fallin's desk that could move the Oklahoma Veterans Center hospital out of Talihina. The Oklahoma Veterans Facility Investment Act of 2018 authorizes a new facility to replace the one in Talihina, by either building a new building or refurbishing an existing building.

The State House of Representatives is close to a deal on taxing the wind industry. 

Seven bills aimed at reducing the prison population and saving Oklahomans money are working their way through the state legislature.  One of the bills would change the possible sentences for burglary.

A bill that diverts money from the newly passed fuel tax to transportation and "not directly into education" has passed in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

The statewide teacher walkout has officially ended and the Oklahoma Education Association is now calling on teachers to shift their focus November elections. The candidate filing process for state offices ends today.