Saturday, May 23, 2020

Lawmakers override veto, will borrow millions to create jobs for professors

With their override votes, lawmakers ensured the state will borrow millions to fund matching grants that have paid salaries to college officials to teach classes in New Mexico, direct theatre performances in state prisons, and study classic films, among other things.


Members of the Oklahoma Legislature voted Friday to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills impacting the state’s “endowed chair” program.

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from Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Lawmakers override veto, will borrow millions to create jobs for professors