Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin vetoes most of a Plan-B budget measure because it relied too much on one-time funds. With an election year ahead, the governor of the shale-rich state of Oklahoma said it’s unlikely lawmakers will have enough focus to fix the budget. Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed all-but five of the 170 sections of House Bill 1019X, legislation aimed at fixing the state budget because it came “perilously close” to wiping out the state’s available one-time funds and savings. Emergency appropriation keeps most state agencies running. “Some legislative leaders have stated that revenue measures will be taken up in February when lawmakers return in regular session,” the governor said. “But I am very skeptical because next year is an election year and the pressure not to do anything will be greater.” The state budget office in October said […]