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The need for immediate reductions in state spending is clear-cut, and Gov. Brad Henry needs to stop dragging his heels, a state lawmaker said today.

The offices of Oklahoma's governor and lieutenant governor were temporarily evacuated Monday after a man wearing a military fatigue jacket threw a briefcase onto a security checkpoint X-ray machine while attempting to bypass Capitol guards.

The offices of Oklahoma's governor and lieutenant governor were temporarily evacuated Monday after a man threw a package onto an X-ray machine at a security checkpoint on the east side of the state Capitol.

The House speaker says the executive branch is "too optimistic" and that deeper cuts are warranted.

Gov. Brad Henry and legislative leaders, who so far have worked together through the state's revenue crisis, disagree on how much of the state's savings account should be used to deal with this fiscal year's budget, which is on track to come in about $1 billion short of estimates.

The Oklahoma Senate Republican Caucus wants Gov. Brad Henry to call a special session of the Legislature for December.

Integrated, comprehensive and advanced cancer treatment became available in central Oklahoma with the recent opening of the Integris Cancer Institute of Oklahoma on a campus shared with the ProCure Proton Therapy Center.

More investigators are joining the fight against Internet predators thanks to federal stimulus dollars.

Gov. Brad Henry said a special session of the Legislature could be held in January because of continued uncertainty in Oklahoma's economic forecasts.

Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets.

Many state lawmakers asked Governor Henry to dip into his discretionary fund to help senior nutrition centers.

With Oklahoma facing budget cuts because of the economic downturn the governor and legislative leaders have different ideas on use of the state's Rainy Day Fund.

Colorado's lieutenant governor, Barbara O'Brien, has been parsing every public statement by Education Secretary Arne Duncan for nuances that could help her position the state as a winner in the $4 billion competition for federal school dollars known as Race to the Top .

U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin is actively campaigning to be Oklahoma's next governor, but she does not have to wait until January to begin fixing Oklahoma's budget situation.

Gov. Brad Henry has appointed Lisa Tipping Davis of Edmond to a vacant district judgeship in Oklahoma County.

Three local churches have teamed up to provide senior citizens at Meadows Point Apartments and La Mesa West Apartments with a Friday meal.

A pair of Norman veterans made quick work in ending the governora s winning streak at one.

In one of the least surprising developments of the year, the Republican and Democratic spin machines worked furiously to shape the public's perception of Tuesday's election outcomes.

Cleveland County District Judge William C. Hetherington, Jr. has been appointed to the state Court of Civil Appeals, Gov.

Seniors who receive food from nutrition sites are angry -- angry that $7.4 million has been cut from the various nutrition programs.