Legislators to study youth suicide

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd plans to study youth suicide during the legislative interim, because suicide rates across the state continue to skyrocket.

Legislators can stop privatized Medicaid

OKLAHOMA CITY – A coalition of health care organizations on Tuesday called on the Oklahoma Legislature to vote to stop a flawed plan to privatize health care for one million Medicaid recipients.

GOP legislators challenge federal powers

OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican Oklahoma legislators are challenging the federal government’s reach on multiple issues this year. For example, two measures that declare Oklahoma’s sovereignty by asserting rights incorporated into the Tenth Amendment to the U.S.

SW Okla. legislators get House panel assignments

OKLAHOMA CITY – Southwest Oklahoma legislators have been rewarded with important committee assignments and leadership roles in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Speaker Charles McCall created 30 committees and 10 appropriations subcommittees in the House.