Session is flying by as we passed another major deadline last week. We had until Thursday, March 24, to complete floor work on our Senate bills and ended up sending 320 pieces of legislation to the House for further consideration. The House approved just over 370 of their bills, which are now eligible to be heard in Senate committees. We now have until April 14 to hear those measures we’d like to see move forward.
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The Southern Oklahoma Library System and its branches will be closed Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th for Easter Weekend. We will resume our normal hours Monday, April 18th.
A worsening drought pushed its way east across most of Oklahoma as 2021 wound down, and pandemic-caused fertilizer and weed control chemical shortages drove up prices for both products. Those realities made farmers and ranchers like Stacy Simunek reconsider their plans for this year.
Levi Gladd has never competed against a transgender athlete, but the University of Oklahoma track runner said the concept is widely discussed on campus. “Being in college athletics, it’s a pretty talked about topic, just with the swimmer that’s come out,” said Gladd, referring to Lia Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania athlete who recently became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming competition.
First Baptist Church Services and study opportunities Sunday at First Baptist Church include sanctuary services 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Finnish court acquits lawmaker in freedom of speech case HELSINKI – A Finnish court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian Democrat lawmaker and former interior minister of alleged incitement against gay people, in a case considered an important precedent on the limits of freedom of speech in the Nordic country. The Helsinki District Court said in its ruling that while some of the public statements by Paivi Rasanen, former leader of the small Christian Democratic Party, have been offensive to homosexuals they didn’t constitute hate speech and didn’t fall outside freedom of speech laws.
Dear Doctors: How do I tell my doctor that I have a problem with alcohol? I’m prescribed pain medicine, which I don’t abuse. However, my alcohol consumption has increased, especially since my mom died last fall.
BRUSSELS – The European Union warned consumers to stop using their clothes as throwaway items and said Wednesday that it plans to counter the use of mass-market fast fashion. New rules proposed by the EU’s executive arm call for a mandatory minimum use of recycled fibers by 2030 and would limit the destruction of unsold products.
CLEVELAND – The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical has repaid Ohio’s private economic development office $20 million after it failed to make an investment decision in 2020 on a proposed petrochemical plant in the state.