State lawmakers held a select committee hearing reviewing mental health finances, but leave the meeting saying they remain frustrated, and still have more questions than answers at this point. With ...

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 ...

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 ...

The clock is ticking down on the final days for state lawmakers to settle on next year's fiscal budget, outlining where every dollar of your tax money will go.

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

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

As lawmakers dig deeper, persistent financial mismanagement at Oklahoma’s mental health agency is coming into focus.

Oklahoma lawmakers were alerted on May 1 the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services was not going ...

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 ...