Sen. District 8’s Press Releases

It’s often said the most important responsibility of the Legislature is to write and pass a balanced budget.  As Senate Appropriations chair, I can tell you that the budget impacts every single man, woman and child in our state.  Each week, I plan to share an article e

With the state Capitol restoration project just two years away from completion, Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson called Wednesday’s grand opening of the new ground floor visitor entrance a milestone in Oklahoma history.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson and Transportation Committee Chair Rob Standridge made the following comments after Thursday’s announcement that Oklahoma had gone from 49^th in the nation to a Top Ten state for the condition of its highway

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson said he was deeply gratified that Oklahoma had moved from being among the worst states in the nation to the best for the condition of the state highway system’s bridges.  On Thursday it was announced that Oklahoma had gone from 49^th in 2004 to 9^th in the nation. Thompson said the low ranking was the result of years of underfunding, but that course was reversed with legislative action 2005.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A convenience to Oklahoma consumers born out of the pandemic will be allowed to remain in place.  The me

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson said the veto of a bill restoring a sales tax exemption to the University Hospitals Authority and Trust will hurt Oklahoma’s e

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has approved a bill giving a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) to state retirees.  The measure was approved Friday on a bipartisan vote of 41-5.  Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, is the principal Senate author of House Bill 3350.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given approval to a bill that will enable Oklahomans to continue to take advantage o

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday advanced a series of bills as part of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget agreement announced earlier this week.