Governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma says she’s deeply frustrated that House leaders failed to send a much-needed budget plan to the Senate. The worst-case scenario for shale-rich Oklahoma is now a reality after state leaders in the House failed to advance a budget plan, the governor said. Gov. Mary Fallin said late Wednesday she was “extremely disappointed” that House leaders couldn’t clear the three-fourths passage necessary to advance a budget measure to the Senate. “As a result of their no votes, our state will not have enough funds for agencies to deliver services that work for people, especially with our state facing a $400 million shortfall next session,” she said in a statement . The measure would have raised taxes on gross production from new oil and gas wells, cigarettes, motor fuels and low-proof alcoholic beverages. Fallin said that, by […]