Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday caused immediate responses on commodity markets watched closely by Oklahoma-based energy companies and farmers and ranchers. Economists watching the markets say it will take time to know what longer-term impacts both Oklahoma consumers and the state’s energy and agricultural producers might expect as the Russia-Ukraine conflict evolves.
After nearly a year languishing in court, Oklahoma’s marijuana seed-to-sale tracking system is expected to launch within 90 days. A lawsuit filed last year by attorneys seeking answers to questions about the constitutionality of seed-to-sale tracking delayed the state’s implementation of the system.
Biden to host ASEAN leaders for Washington summit in March WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a special summit in Washington on March 28-29, the White House announced Monday. The ASEAN nations are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
VIENNA – Diplomats from Iran and world powers reconvened in Vienna on Monday to seek a deal reviving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear accord, with pressure mounting for results soon. Among them was Iran’s chief negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, who returned to the Austrian capital after consultations with his government in Tehran over the weekend.
BEIJING – China’s top diplomat called on the U.S. on Monday to take steps to improve the nations’ ties, as tensions simmer over Taiwan, trade and other issues.
Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the wildly contagious virus variant, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
BEREGSURANY, Hungary – The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union showed no signs of stopping Monday as they flee Russia’s burgeoning war, with the United Nations estimating that more than 500,000 people have already escaped.
A proposed bill would significantly increase where guns can be carried in Oklahoma, including city, town and county buildings as well as the Tulsa and Oklahoma State Fairs. House Bill 4138 was approved by the House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee Feb.
State legislative committees in recent weeks have approved bills that would automate criminal record expungement for thousands of Oklahomans and reclassify some felony sentences, an early sign that criminal justice reform efforts continue at the state Capitol, even as the political climate has grown more challenging.