States that, until recently, sold a total of 2 billion shell eggs a year in California clearly don’t intend to give up on that lucrative Golden State market without a fight. After first getting tossed from federal court, they’ve now returned with bulked-up arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals
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Oklahoma Issues Food Safety Advice After Tornadoes
In the wake of the tornadoes that devastated many Oklahoma communities this week, state health officials are reminding residents and rescue workers that food is more likely to be contaminated after a natural disaster, and should be handled safely. The Oklahoma State Health Department praised the recent outpouring of support
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Oklahoma to Eliminate Ban on Horse Slaughter
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is expected to sign House Bill 1999, which will bring an end to the state’s 50-year ban on slaughtering horses. The bill passed the Oklahoma Senate on a 32-14 vote on Tuesday after being approved 82-14 in the House a month earlier. HB 1999 is now
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Oklahoma Mexican Restaurant Was Source of Salmonella Outbreak
A Mexican restaurant in Grady County, Oklahoma has been pinpointed as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened six people over the last two months. The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Friday that Temazcal, an eatery located in Chickasha, was the most likely origin of the Salmonella Enteriditis
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Oklahoma's Horse Slaughter Ban Dropped for Export Business
Oklahoma is on track to become the first state to lift its own ban on horse slaughter since the U.S. government removed its prohibition in 2012. 
Four states, California, Illinois, Texas, and Oklahoma, have state bans on slaughtering horses for commercial purposes. The Oklahoma Legislature appears to be embracing a
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Quick Ruling Expected in Maryland Chicken Manure Trial
A fast-moving, but emotional civil trial pitting environmentalists against family farmers could end in the next day or two with a ruling by U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson in Baltimore. At issue is whether common practices for handling chicken manure violate the federal Clean Water Act. The trial, which
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Maryland Chicken Case Goes to Trial Smaller Than When It Started
It’s been more than two years since a federal bench trial in Oklahoma over chicken industry practices ended, but that judge has yet to issue a ruling. Now a three-week bench trial is underway in Baltimore for the case of Waterkeeper Alliance Inc. v Alan and Kristin Hudson Farm et
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Oklahoma Woman Circulates Cottage-Food Petition
Oklahomans who want a cottage-food law adopted in their state are going the direct democracy route with an on-line petition that has attracted almost 2,000 signers and continues to grow.
A little more than one week ago, Tina Curtis put up the petition asking for support for getting Oklahoma’s elected
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OK's Evidence Against Poultry Litter Improves
What happens if evidence, sitting in a drawer, changes before a judge has time to write a decision?
Just that may have happened in the ongoing saga of Oklahoma’s lawsuit against the largely Arkansas-based poultry industry for polluting the Illinois River with poultry litter.
Roll back a year ago, when
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OK’s Campaign Against Poultry Litter May Be Over
Oklahoma’s newly elected leadership, Republicans Governor-elect Mary Fallin and Attorney General-elect Scott Pruitt, say they have the future of the state’s litigation against the poultry industry over its pollution of public waters under formal review.
Executive power in the Sooner State will turn over in January when both Gov. Brad
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