OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing budget cuts of up to 5 percent for many state agencies.
Fallin announced her budget proposal Monday as she delivered her State of the State address at the start of the 2014 Oklahoma Legislature.
Fallin says her budget proposes targeted spending cuts and asks agencies to continue to find ways to operate more efficiently and effectively and to cut waste.
Fallin says the cuts she is proposing amount to 5 percent or less of agency budgets, and in total amount to about 1 percent of state spending. She says that any business “worth its salt” can find 5 percent cost savings without crippling the services it provides.
Fallin is also proposing a $50 million increase to education spending to help students at Oklahoma’s public schools.
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