OKFB pleased with Right to Farm passing Senate
Legislative Update with Tom Buchanan
The following article is an opinion piece written by OKFB President Tom Buchanan that was used in The Journal Record regarding the listing of the lesser prairie chicken.
Rural women leaders feed state legislators
Farm Bureau leaders lobby in nation's capitol
During the 2014 legislative session, we will be featuring legislative updates with the public policy staff on different agricultural issues on our website. You can follow along with us here or you can follow along on social media using #okfb14.
We look forward to keeping you informed on these important issues throught the legislative session.
Legislative Update with John Collison
I can’t remember in recent history when a session has started slower or when we have changed out a speaker midway through the first few days. In a vote of the Republican caucus members, Rep. Jeff Hickman, of Fairview, was elected to the new role of Speaker of the House.
Most members have at least a year to prepare for this role and the duties that come with it. Speaker Hickman had about 10 minutes of grace time before the realities of the job set in. This is a monumental task that he faces, but knowing the new Speaker, he will do just fine.
You can read the complete article from John Collison here.