Have the Final Say on the State Budget in Stillwater

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

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Stillwater is hosting the third and final state budget forum, which includes a panel of Republican and Democrat lawmakers, an economist, and reporters from StateImpact and KOSU.

StateImpact Oklahoma’s three-city state budget roadshow wraps up tonight in Stillwater.

Oklahoma’s legislative session starts Monday, and tonight’s town hall-style forum might be the last chance you have to weigh-in — in person — on your lawmakers’ state budget priorities.

The 6:30 p.m. Stillwater event is unlike the forums we held in Tulsa and Oklahoma City: Both parties and both houses will be represented tonight, and we’ve got an expert on the state’s agricultural economy on hand to talk about the (often sad) evolution of rural Oklahoma.

Oh, and pizza.

The central question to be discussed tonight, according to OSU’s The Daily O’Collegian:

“ … how do your tax dollars morph into all those zeros in the state budget?”

State Budget Roadshow — Stillwater

Co-hosted by KOSU
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31
Hideaway Pizza
302 S. Knoblock St. (map!)

Panelists:

Oklahoma Senate

<< Sen. Jim Halligan, R-Stillwater

Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Education subcommittee

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Rep. Cory T. Williams, D-Stillwater >>

Member of the House Appropriations and Budget Education subcommittee

Oklahoma State University

<< Dave Shideler, Economist

And Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Agriculture Economics at Oklahoma State University

Have a state budget question but can’t attend tonight’s event? Send it to me, and I’ll ask for you: jwertz@stateimpact.org or via Twitter @StateImpactOK