The importance of #Agriculture in our state cannot be understated! In this week's #BudgetBreakdown video, Senator Roger Thompson explains all the latest investments that the legislature has made into Ag this fiscal year. #BudgetTalk #okleg #oksenategop

This week Appropriations Chairman Senator Roger Thompson breaks down all the new investments that the legislature has made into the Mental Health & Substance Abuse state agency. Huge advancements being made in the area. Check it out! #oksenategop

This week Senator Roger Thompson focuses on a few of the new investments the state has made into the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. Specifically, funding for new Trooper Academies, Communication upgrades, and gives a Real ID update!

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is the focus in this week's Budget Breakdown episode! This week Appropriations Chairman Senator Roger Thompson will be explaining all the newest investments that the Oklahoma Legislature has made into DOC!

This week's Budget Breakdown is the next in the line of episodes where we are breaking down individual state agency budgets and examining the new investments the Oklahoma Legislature has made in them. In this episode Senator Roger Thompson will be explaining a few of the new investments that have been made into Higher Education and CareerTech! #OklaEd #OKSenateGOP

This week's Budget Breakdown is the first in a line of episodes where we will be breaking down individual state agency budgets and examining the new investments the Oklahoma Legislature has made in them. In this episode Senator Roger Thompson will be explaining a few of the new investments that have been made into Common Education!

Senator Roger Thompson joins us for the latest #BudgetBreakdown episode. In this week's video we discuss a few of the new investments that were made by the Legislature and see how these funds are already being utilized to help with flooding in our state! #BudgetTalk #OKSenateGOP

In this week's #BudgetBreakdown, Senator Roger Thompson explains the details that go into the DOC pay raises and state employee pay raises that have been agreed on in the FY'2020 State Budget!

In this week's #BudgetBreakdown episode, Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson explains to us what the final hurtle is that the legislature is trying to get past in order to complete the budgeting process!

Been hearing a lot about savings for the #RainyDayFund lately? In this week's #BudgetBreakdown, Senator Roger Thompson walks us through what this state savings fund is, why it is so important, and how much money our state expects to be able to save this year for the future!

On this week's #BudgetBreakdown episode, Senator Roger Thompson updates all of us on the progress that has been made and fills us in on where the areas are that are still being worked on.

In this week's #BudgetBreakdown, Senator Roger Thompson walks us through all the main funding sources used for our roads and bridges and also gives a great update on the budgeting process!

Check out this week's Budget Breakdown episode to see how Senate Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson is working through the latest budget questions!

In this week's Budget Breakdown with our Appropriations Chairman, Senator Roger Thompson, we discuss a common term that is used during the legislative process of a bill, "Title Off". Senator Thompson explains what this means and why it is so important to understand!

In this quick Budget Breakdown episode, Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson explains what a Supplemental request is and how the legislature works through these additional appropriation requests.

Did you know most state agencies receive funding from several sources? Senator Thompson explains all these sources to us in this week's Budget Breakdown episode!

How does Oklahoma utilize federal money to support our health care programs? On today's episode of Budget Breakdown, Senator Roger Thompson walks us through this process and highlights SB 605 "The Oklahoma Plan". A bill that increases Oklahoma health care programs.

The total number for appropriations this year is $8.25B, making it $574.5M above last year's number. So what's going to happen with this year's surplus of funds? Appropriations Chairman, Roger Thompson will explain where the main expenses and focuses will be!

Before the Legislature can appropriate funds to state agencies there are many expenses that must be met. Our State Bonds are in that category. Today we examine what these expenses look like for the state!

This week Senator Roger Thompson is going to update us on where we are right now in the budgeting process and also explain how the Senate works with the Governor and the House of Representatives to come up with a final budget.

This week on Budget Breakdown, Senator Roger Thompson explains how Federal expenses are accounted for in our #StateBudget. These health care expenses are included in the encumbrances that must be covered before appropriated funds can be distributed to state agencies.

This week we're going to learn about Ad Valorem Tax Reimbursements. Senator Roger Thompson will be showing us how this fits into the big picture of our state budget!

Senator Thompson explains the starting point for the budgeting process