Despite ambitious hopes, Oklahoma City leaders say less sales tax has come in. Now, the city is scaling down some of its workforce.

The clock is ticking down on the final days for state lawmakers to settle on next year's fiscal budget, outlining where every ...

On Monday, instead of giving answers about their finances, the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ...

Lawmakers are probing reports of financial disarray at the agency as well as why some provider contracts were abruptly cut or ...

The Commissioner, Allie Freisen saying, "layers of disfunction" is to blame for the fluid changes of budget numbers.

Five hearings in, the Oklahoma department of mental health is still unable to identify the exact needs of its ever-shifting ...

Legislative leaders expressed rising frustration last week over the inability of Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen and ...

With a month left before the legislative session ends, Oklahoma lawmakers are moving quickly to craft a budget for the next ...

Commissioner Allie Friesen asked lawmakers for $23 million to pay the mental health department's employees through the fiscal ...

Lawmakers on a select committee are set to meet with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner on Monday morning.This ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — House lawmakers questioned the qualifications of the mental health department’s chief financial officer after ...

Lawmakers grew increasingly frustrated as the chief financial officer of Oklahoma’s mental health agency repeatedly failed to ...