OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Key legislators cannot agree on how Oklahoma should wrap up funding for a Native American museum being built near downtown Oklahoma City.
One Democratic leader wants the state to borrow the last $40 million needed to finish the $170 million American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, but another Democrat says that with Oklahoma facing a $300 million shortfall, the state cannot afford to borrow money.
The head of the Senate, a Republican, says that Senate support for borrowing money "is not great."
Oklahoma has had the Native American museum on its agenda for two decades as a way to honor its Indian heritage.
Legislators return to the Capitol on Monday. Museum backers say they fear that private funding will dry up if legislators don't act this year.