A HouseRepublican leader on education funding broke with his colleagues over the ambitious plan to consolidate 107 school administrative units (SAUs) into 12 statewide entities, each under a chief school administrator to be elected every two years.
As the Legislature barrels toward deadlines to move bills from chamber to chamber and on to committees, the House passed the legislation at a rapid clip ... .
Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a bill that would create an income tax deduction for members of a community-based option to cover medical expenses, called health care sharing ministries ... .
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for a second time this month to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security as they continue to push for major changes to the way the Trump administration conducts immigration enforcement ... .