As Gov. Stitt focuses on tax cuts, Oklahoma faces $25 billion in overdue infrastructure repairs

The Oklahoman

By Steve Lackmeyer, Murray Evans, M. Scott Carter February 15, 2024

At Shipley Hall at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, employees can’t properly heat and cool the building.

At the University of Oklahoma, delayed maintenance on the school's historic Bizzell Memorial Library already has reached the $11 million price range.

In Hominy the failing Dick Conner Correctional Center is at capacity and plagued with maintenance backlogs, mechanical problems and persistent violence. A new prison could cost $1 billion or more to house the state's increasing inmate population.

The millions, and billions, add up.

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