Shortfalls continually plague Oklahoma’s budget. So why are we still insisting on income tax cuts?
If there’s one thing that has defined my nearly decade of political reporting experience in Oklahoma, it’s been budget turmoil and shortfalls.
In 2014, I hadn’t even had time to unpack before drama exploded over a $171 million budget hole and angst from state agencies told to cut their already shoestring budgets by 5%.
In 2015, the shortfall was $611 million. In 2016, $1.3 billion; in 2017, …