The Latest: GOP lawmakers may not back planned tax increases

Fallin says health care premiums are increasing at a dramatic rate and deductibles are so high people can scarcely afford the insurance coverage they have purchased.

Fallin says officials hope to reduce regulations to create cheaper insurance plans and encourage investment in private health accounts and use local programs, like Insure Oklahoma.

Gov. Mary Fallin said during her state of the state speech Monday that Oklahoma should reform its criminal justice system to reduce the growing prison population.

Gov. Mary Fallin says she wants to invest more state money into public safety to keep families and communities safe.

The governor says about 26 percent of Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are eligible for retirement and that the state must fund a trooper academy to replenish the patrol's ranks.

Oklahoma's Republican governor says a pay raise for public school teachers is a necessity, even if it has to be phased in.

Gov. Mary Fallin is urging state lawmakers to modernize the Oklahoma's sales tax to state boost revenue and eliminate chronic budget deficits.

The governor says expanding Oklahoma's sales tax base will allow the Legislature to fulfill her request to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries and the corporate income tax.

Republican Gov. Mary Fallin says she wants to eliminate the sales tax on groceries and the corporate income tax while expanding the state's sales tax base in other areas to boost state revenue and help eliminate an $870 million budget hole.

Republican Gov. Mary Fallin says she will use her state of the state speech Monday afternoon to lay out a plan for a major overhaul of the state's tax system to close the budget gap.

Teacher pay has not been increased since 2008 and the state faces a chronic teacher shortage as experienced educators seek higher-paying jobs elsewhere.

Primary focuses will be the budget gap and finding new money to pay for vital services like education and public safety.

Republican Gov. Mary Fallin says she will lay out a plan for a "major overhaul of our tax system" to close the budget gap when she delivers her state of the state speech Monday afternoon.

Teacher pay has not been increased since 2008 and the state faces a chronic teacher shortage as experienced educators seek higher-paying jobs elsewhere