Opinion

Bill Would Nix Tax Exemption For Marijuana Growers A state lawmaker has filed a bill to exclude marijuana growers from a sales tax exemption that benefits producers of agricultural products in Oklahoma. If passed, Senate Bill 1101 would remove the exemption as it has been applied to the growing, harvesting or processing of marijuana. The measure was filed by state Sen. George Burns, a Republican from Pollard in McCurtain County. Revenue generated could be used to hire more law enforcement officers to enforce regulation and target illegal players in the industry, especially those involved in growing marijuana illegally, the lawmaker said.

By 1855, the Chickasaws were in danger of being absorbed into the Choctaws both socially and culturally. In that year another treaty was agreed upon where the Chickasaws would get a defined boundary to their country instead of living in common within the Choctaws. This treaty now put the future Historic Platt District in the center of the Chickasaw Nation.

Over the past several months, Americans have felt the dramatic rise of prices on everything, from the cost of groceries, filling up at the gas pump and heating their homes as well as trouble finding items on store shelves. Alarmingly, economic reports continually indicate that the problem is getting worse. Both the staggering 31-year high of the consumer price index and decline of gross domestic product reveal that the out-of-control spending and damaging policies peddled by President Joe Biden and Democrats are exacerbating the nation’s inflationary and supply chain crises. As a result, hardworking Americans are experiencing an ongoing inflation tax – one that will be severely felt this Thanksgiving and throughout the upcoming holidays.