Ryan Walters, top education budget lawmaker ‘reset’ relationship after year of tension
Rep. Mark McBride said communication with Walters improved ‘100%’
OKLAHOMA CITY — Mere weeks after tensions between them reached a fever pitch, the state’s top education official and the House’s leading lawmaker on school funding say they’re willing to work together on budget needs and academic outcomes in public schools.
Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, said he and state Superintendent Ryan Walters…