Tres Savage

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

Amid tax cut talk tension, drama with forestry services and investigations into financial fiascos at the state mental health department, several contentious electricity policy questions have short-circuited the Oklahoma Legislature’s annual negotiations — to little public fanfare. Behind the scenes, however, the combined bluster from competing parties has blown the year’s biggest policy bubble that has yet to burst.

3 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Andrea Hancock |Tres Savage

The Oklahoma House special committee formed to investigate financial issues with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services heard more than three hours of testimony Thursday, pressing Commissioner Allie Friesen for details about financial decisions, non-disclosure agreements, now-cancelled contracts in Tulsa County and whether planned reimbursement cuts had been halted.

4 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

As confusion over a nebulous budget hole continues to muddle the 2025 legislative session, the House of Representatives announced an investigative committee today that — with subpoena power — will compel public testimony about issues within the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

1 month ago | nondoc.com | Sasha Ndisabiye |Tres Savage

With lawmakers halfway through Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session, it’s a good time to review what proposals remain alive and where they stand along the pathway to final passage. In terms of education bills being considered by the Oklahoma Legislature, efforts exist to improve the state’s teacher shortage, move local school board elections on the calendar and implement statewide cell phone restrictions in public schools.

1 month ago | nondoc.com | James Davenport |Samantha Johnson |Tres Savage

President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” slate of new tariffs Wednesday, following prior 25 percent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, plus retaliatory tariffs from China and the European Union. The new policies frightened economists, triggered a stock market plunge and caused some Senate Republicans to break rank. Tariffs have been in the U.S. since 1789, so why are they causing such an uproar now? To answer that question, we need to start by explaining tariffs.