Oklahoma

Oklahoma is poised to follow in the footsteps of Texas by barring banks from municipal bond deals if deemed to be against firearms and fossil fuel industries.

Oklahoma hopes to close on a federal loan this summer for rural highway construction and improvements that would tap into $200 million of borrowing authorized by a 2021 state law.

After dropping dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, energy severance tax revenue is soaring along with oil and gas prices.

Despite speakers' objections over the cost of the project or the need for more restorative justice measures instead of incarceration, all three commissioners voted in favor of the referendum.

Bondholders will vote on a Chapter 9 bankruptcy exit plan that would pay full principal and interest on Atoka County Medical Center bonds.

In an election year marked by inflation, lawmakers in about 20 states are considering bills to permanently or temporarily ease the sales tax burden.

Lawmakers in other red states are trying to follow Texas' footsteps with bills to subject banks to a litmus test over their treatment of the firearm industry.

Oklahoma is not alone in struggling to fund repairs for aging dams, a $20 billion problem nationwide according to a 2019 study.

The Turnpike Authority is gearing up bond financing for a $5 billion capital plan, and will pick a team of underwriters and others later this year.

A judge has set a March 23 hearing on the Atoka County Healthcare Authority’s disclosure statement for its plan to end a five-year-long bankruptcy.