Around the State

Oklahoma House of Representatives, April 2, 2007
"Presidenial candidate Sen. Sam Brownback to speak at Oklahoma House of Representatives"
.S. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, one of the contenders for the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 2008, will speak to the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 4.
"Next year’s presidential race is of great historic importance, with no incumbent running for the office," said House Speaker Lance Cargill (R-Harrah). "We’ve made a commitment to provide an ‘open House’ for presidential candidates of both parties, giving them a public forum to talk to the people of Oklahoma. We believe this helps maximize Oklahoma’s visibility and impact in the presidential primary selection process."
Brownback has served in the Senate since 1996, and previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the Secretary of Agriculture in Kansas.
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Tulsa World, April 3, 2007
"Governor, legislators continue their spat"
The governor and legislative leaders fired subtle barbs at each other Monday, although nothing happened to move the stalled nearly $7 billion state budget forward.
Legislative leaders said they will not meet with Gov. Brad Henry until he provides them with a "comprehensive, detailed alternative to the Legislature's bipartison budget plan." They said the same thing late last week.
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The Muskogee Phoenix, April 3, 2007
"Bill aims to curtail sales of cold medicine to minors"
Late last year, a 15-year-old boy walked into a local store and bought 16 bottles of cough medicine containing dextromethorphan, a chemical often abused by people who want to get high.
“All the clerk asked was ‘Are you sick?,’” said Jackie Luckey, prevention associate with the Area Prevention Resource Center at Green Country Behavioral Services.
The boy was an agent in Operation Store Front; a sting operation to see how easy it is for minors to get their hands on dextromethorphan. Although it’s legal to sell cough medicine containing dextromethorphan, the ingredient is considered potentially dangerous by health care authorities.
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