Budget Briefing: Why Lottery Officials Still Want to Nix Education Guarantee

Oklahoma Lottery Reaches $500 Million Milestone for Education – “More money could have been raised quicker if lawmakers would have lowered a provision requiring that 35 percent of lottery earnings go to education, said Rollo Redburn, the lottery’s executive director.” NewsOK.com

Tulsa Workers Compensation Costs Rise 12 Percent in Last Fiscal Year – “The increase came despite a sharp drop in the number of claims resulting in payments and/or lost time and amidst an outside review of the city’s safety and workers compensation procedures.” Tulsa World

Judge Rejects GOP Request in Hobby Lobby Lawsuit – “A federal judge won’t allow several Republican members of Congress to file a brief in favor of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.’s lawsuit challenging a provision in the federal health care law requiring insurance coverage of the morning-after pill.” Associated Press

Coburn Identifying Government Waste in Annual Report – “Oklahoma is not exempt from the pork, Coburn said. “Wastebook 2012” reports that the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission voted to keep a “rarely used Lake Murray State Park Airport open,” even though the airport reportedly averages only one flight per month and has no planes based there.” Norman Transcript

Oklahoma AG Delivers First Mortgage Settlement Check – “Pruitt presented a $20,000 check Monday to Zachary and Melissa Zuniga, who say they lost their home in Tulsa after they tried to participate in a mortgage modification program.” Associated Press