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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mark Mann, D-Oklahoma City, has won unanimous approval from the Senate Education Committee for House Bill 1601, a bipartisan measure to allow teachers to use up to six weeks of accrued sick leave to extend their six-week maternity leave.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks, co-chair of the Legislative Diabetes Caucus, is inviting Oklahomans living with diabetes, their families, and all who are concerned about this disease to come to the state Capitol on Tuesday, April 29 for Diabetes Advocacy Day.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After winning unanimous Senate approval, the House is the next stop for legislation to streamline government for residents whose neighborhoods are within the metro’s Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District. Sen.

Leaders of the House and Senate Democratic Caucuses issued the following statements on Monday after filing two measures, House Joint Resolution 1030 and Senate Joint Resolution 19, disapproving the new social studies standards approved and submitted by the State Board of Education.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, won unanimous Senate support for Senate Bill 447 to allow foraging for nuts, edible plants and fungi on state-owned or state-managed property. Boren said she didn’t even know it was against the law until a family member brought the situation to light.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given unanimous, bipartisan approval for legislation aimed at better identifying and helping children with dyslexia, a learning disorder that can hinder a child’s ability to read. Sen.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation updating the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program has received unanimous, bipartisan support by the full Senate. Senate Bill 1054, by Sen. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, modifies the scholarship program, which was first created nearly a quarter of a century ago.