March 2022

Legislature continues effort on marijuana

The Oklahoma Legislature continued its mission to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry on Monday, after both chambers passed a slew of bills last week to do just that. Legislation ranging from a moratorium on commercial business licenses, product packaging and sales requirements, an increased law enforcement presence within the industry and an adjustment to testing lab protocols all worked through each side of the rotunda last week.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Country music singer Jeff Carson dies at 58 of heart attack Country music singer and songwriter Jeff Carson, who scored hits with “Not On Your Love” and “The Car” before becoming a police officer, has died, his publicist said. Carson was 58.

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GOP weighs convention choices

In Milwaukee, one of two cities vying to host the Republican presidential convention in 2024, Democrats were pilloried by the potential visitors after predawn election results delivered Wisconsin for Joe Biden in the 2020 White House race. Rival Nashville, Tennessee, is run by a mayor whose Democratic brother was effectively redistricted out of his congressional seat by Republicans.

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