Oklahoma officials order $235M cut to state agencies

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma finance officials on Thursday announced another $235 million in cuts amid the sharp drop in oil and natural gas prices, saying schools, prisons and other state agencies will see their budgets slashed by 7 percent for the rest of the year.

"With oil prices off their 2014 peak by some 70 percent and our state's anchor industry in the midst of correction, we have apparently not yet found the bottom and continue to see the spillover effect in all major revenue streams," state Treasurer Ken Miller said.