- Oklahoma
Oklahomas recently enacted budget offers positive credit factors for public schools but negative factors for higher education and the state itself, according to Moodys Investors Service.
June 13 - Texas
Using new criteria, Standard & Poors Global Ratings warned that eight federal prisons operated privately for profit could see downgrades or upgrades.
June 6 - Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin voiced regret that the newly approved state budget did so little to solve structural imbalances.
June 6 - Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin announced an agreement with legislative leaders that narrows the states $1.3 billion budget gap while averting what she called a worst-case scenario.
May 24 -
The trustee firm in many recent troubled bond deals assembled by accused fraudster Christopher Brogdon is taking a harder line against the former employee it blames for its involvement in the mess.
May 16 - Oklahoma
Oklahomas monthly collection of tax revenue from the oil and gas industry hit the lowest level since 1999, state Treasurer Ken Miller said.
May 6 -
While the key oil production states of Oklahoma, North Dakota and California have all been hit hard by the drop in crude oil prices, the impact varies at both the state and local government level, Moodys Investors Service says.
April 20 -
A plan to reduce Oklahomas $1.3 billion budget shortfall would include $500 million of bonds for highway projects under a plan announced by Gov. Mary Fallin.
April 14 - Oklahoma
As Oklahoma lawmakers sought additional funds to close a $1.3 billion budget gap, Treasurer Ken Miller gave them the bad news that state tax receipts in March were the lowest in four years.
April 11 -
Some investors holding millions of dollars of bonds in default in the Florida panhandle are upset by what they see as inaction by trustee Bank of Oklahoma Financial and a fired employee with links to accused fraudster Christopher Brogdon.
March 29