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Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. It s mid-May, which means it s time to talk seriously about the state budget, with just a couple of weeks left in the session. And right on cue, Governor Stitt and legislative leaders announced a budget agreement on Thursday. Shawn, how did this year s budget come together?
Shawn Ashley: Well, you know, House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat emphasized Thursday that this was not something put together in just a few days. Throughout session we ve heard talk and reported on the House desire to put more money in the common education. We saw McCall advance his individual and corporate income tax reduction proposals. And the Senate talked about limiting spending growth, particularly avoiding using one time money for ongoing programs. And the governor talked about the opportunity to save
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Dick Pryor: This is Capit0l Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. Our guest this week is State Representative Cyndi Munson, Democrat from District 85 in Oklahoma City. Representative Munson is House Minority Caucus chair. And thank you for joining us.
State Rep. Cyndi Munson: Thank you for having me.
Dick Pryor: There s just a little over a month left in the legislative session. How would you rate it so far?
State Rep. Cyndi Munson: (laughs) Good to know that there s only a month left. It feels like it s been a lot longer than that - this legislative session. I have mixed feelings about this session. We kind of talk about how every session feels like the most stressful and the worst that we ve ever experienced. And I ll say what this session I think what s been most unique is trying to govern and do our business while still living through a pandemic. And then the topics that
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Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director, Shawn Ashley. And rather than talking about divisive legislation that s grabbing headlines, we want to take a different approach this week and discuss how members of the Oklahoma legislature are working together on legislation… or not. To do that, we’re joined by State Senator Darrell Weaver, Republican from Moore. Senator Weaver, it s good to have you with us.
Sen. Darrell Weaver: Well, it s my pleasure. It really is good to see you. And it s just an honor to be here to answer questions and talk about our great state capital.