Friday, May 8, 2020

Ex-lawmaker Mike Jackson selected for spending oversight position

“Right now, we have all of this CARES money coming into the state, and it immediately became apparent that we needed LOFT up and going immediately to try to track this money and how it was being spent because of the budget crisis that we also find ourselves in,” said Sen. Kim David, R-Porter.


An oversight committee voted Friday to hire a former legislator-turned-lobbyist to head a newly created agency tasked with auditing and reviewing state spending.

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from Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Ex-lawmaker Mike Jackson selected for spending oversight position