royalties

More reductions, including in other states, are in the works.

The state receives about half of the funds from federal lease sales.

Supporters say changing royalty payments calculations would standardize and simplify the process.

Citation was accused of deducting the cost of making natural gas into a marketable product from its royalties, which isn't permitted.

The Trump administration put the rule on hold in February after mining companies challenged it in federal court.

Officials are determining if longstanding royalty rates shortchange taxpayers.