Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 3:52:32 GMT -6
State Legislature still grappling over guns, abortion and the 10 Commandments
The State Legislature will adjourn on May 27 after four months of head-scratching and brainstorming over the state’s impending budget shortfall.
It has four weeks to come up with a solution, or at the very least, a decision regarding what gets cut and how deep those cuts go.
But amid the backdrop of a $1.3 billion budget shortfall, some bills and resolutions of public interest, concern and ire are on the verge of becoming law:
• SJR 92 — The Senate has approved a resolution, authored by Sen. Rob Standrige (R-Norman), to repeal the “Blaine Amendment” — the amendment cited by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in a 2015 ruling that forced the removal of a 10 Commandments monument from the Capitol grounds.
Read more: www.normantranscript.com/news/state-legislature-still-grappling-over-guns-abortion-and-the-commandments/article_f66c6f32-d193-5137-a23e-0b65031107f3.html
The State Legislature will adjourn on May 27 after four months of head-scratching and brainstorming over the state’s impending budget shortfall.
It has four weeks to come up with a solution, or at the very least, a decision regarding what gets cut and how deep those cuts go.
But amid the backdrop of a $1.3 billion budget shortfall, some bills and resolutions of public interest, concern and ire are on the verge of becoming law:
• SJR 92 — The Senate has approved a resolution, authored by Sen. Rob Standrige (R-Norman), to repeal the “Blaine Amendment” — the amendment cited by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in a 2015 ruling that forced the removal of a 10 Commandments monument from the Capitol grounds.
Read more: www.normantranscript.com/news/state-legislature-still-grappling-over-guns-abortion-and-the-commandments/article_f66c6f32-d193-5137-a23e-0b65031107f3.html