Oklahoma Senate
Sen. Lawler discusses fires and the Dept. of Agriculture's Hay Hotline and registry for farmers.
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Showing: November, 2005
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Daisy Lawler said Wednesday that Oklahoma ranchers have lost thousands of acres of pasture lands and stored bales of hay in the recent rash of wildfires that have swept across the state.
The loss leaves ranchers with an immediate need to buy hay and some are being asked to pay extremely high prices in their local markets, the Senator said.
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Sen. Lawler says Legislature needs to look at additional funding for the Dept. of Agriculture for Rural Fire Departments.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Daisy Lawler said Wednesday that Oklahoma ranchers have lost thousands of acres of pasture lands and stored bales of hay in the recent rash of wildfires that have swept across the state.
The loss leaves ranchers with an immediate need to buy hay and some are being asked to pay extremely high prices in their local markets, the Senator said.
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Sen. Lawler discusses fires and the Dept. of Agriculture's Hay Hotline and registry for farmers.
Sen. Lawler says Legislature needs to look at additional funding for the Dept. of Agriculture for Rural Fire Departments.
Republicans of the Oklahoma State Senate unveiled their legislative agenda for the 2006 legislative session Wednesday at news conferences in Lawton, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City.
“Today Senate Republicans are unveiling a positive plan for Oklahoma to make our state a better place to live, work, start a business, get a quality education, and raise a family in health, safety and security,” stated Senate Republican Floor Leader Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City.
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Republican Leader Glenn Coffee outlines the Republican 2006 Legislative agenda.
Members of the State Senate heard testimony Tuesday about the many benefits of a program known as Farm-to-School. Sen. Daisy Lawler, D-Comanche, requested the interim study on the program which helps local farmers sell fresh produce to area schools.
Lawler requested the study after learning about a pilot Farm-to-School program involving the sale of Oklahoma-grown watermelons to six state school districts.
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Sen. Lawler explains Farm-to-School.
Ann Roberts of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy testifies at a Senate hearing on the benefits of Farm-to-School.
Dr. Jim Horne, President & CEO of the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, believes the state should approach Farm-to-School as a campaign or marketing opportunity for Oklahoma as a way to encourage better nuitrition in public schools.
Members of the State Senate heard testimony Tuesday about the many benefits of a program known as Farm-to-School. Sen. Daisy Lawler, D-Comanche, requested the interim study on the program which helps local farmers sell fresh produce to area schools.
Lawler requested the study after learning about a pilot Farm-to-School program involving the sale of Oklahoma-grown watermelons to six state school districts.
read more.
Sen. Lawler explains Farm-to-School.
Ann Roberts of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy testifies at a Senate hearing on the benefits of Farm-to-School.
Dr. Jim Horne, President & CEO of the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, believes the state should approach Farm-to-School as a campaign or marketing opportunity for Oklahoma as a way to encourage better nuitrition in public schools.
Members of the State Senate heard testimony Tuesday about the many benefits of a program known as Farm-to-School. Sen. Daisy Lawler, D-Comanche, requested the interim study on the program which helps local farmers sell fresh produce to area schools.
Lawler requested the study after learning about a pilot Farm-to-School program involving the sale of Oklahoma-grown watermelons to six state school districts.
read more.
Sen. Lawler explains Farm-to-School.
Ann Roberts of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy testifies at a Senate hearing on the benefits of Farm-to-School.
Dr. Jim Horne, President & CEO of the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, believes the state should approach Farm-to-School as a campaign or marketing opportunity for Oklahoma as a way to encourage better nuitrition in public schools.
Twenty-six survivors of the USS Oklahoma are returning to the Sooner State this week. State Sen. Jim Reynolds, who has been working with the group to secure a permanent memorial at Pearl Harbor, said the survivors held their reunion here in 2004 and voted unanimously to hold their 2005 gathering here as well.
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Sen. Reynolds says USS Oklahoma survivors are returning to state.
State Senator Daisy Lawler said plans are underway for a series of hearings on a program known as Farm-to-School. Lawler said President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan had approved her request for the interim study and said she would begin holding hearings later this month.
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/ Sen. Lawler explains Farm-to-School.
State Sen. Jim Wilson has filed legislation to allow Gov. Brad Henry to buy out tribal tobacco tax compacts that have given some smoke shops an unfair advantage over others.
Many smoke shops have been able to sell cigarettes using a 6-cent tax stamp, which is 80-cents less than the amount paid by most shops operating under new compacts. Some recent news reports have also alleged some tribes that are supposed to be using the higher tax stamp have illegally used the 6-cent per pack stamp. Either way, Sen. Wilson said the health of Oklahoma’s citizens suffers for it.
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Sen. Wilson discusses tobacco compact legislation.
