New budget lifts mileage restriction for Oklahoma troopers
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June 2, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's public safety department has lifted a daily 100-mile (161 kilometer) restriction on how far state troopers can travel after the governor signed a $6.8 billion spending bill this week.
The restriction went into effect in December as state agencies scrambled to close a $1.3 billion shortfall for the current budget year.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief Ricky Adams said Thursday the agency was considering furloughs as another option — a move that he says would have been "devastating" to troopers.
Gov. Mary Fallin approved next year's budget that closes a $878 million...
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