Lawmakers are down to the wire as the regular session is three weeks away from concluding, but a budget has yet to be finalized which is causing concern in the Governor's office.
Leadership of both the Oklahoma House and the State Senate said they are close to a budget agreement after a nearly month-long standoff in which one chamber accused the other of "operating in darkness."
In-fighting between executive branch members, the governor’s office and the state Senate saw another public chapter play out on Friday adding on to what has been a month of Republican lawmakers blaming each other for difficulties in getting policies across the finish line.