LINCOLN TO LOCAL: STOP AD VALOREM TAX INCREASES What happens when cities have access to ad valorem taxes? After HB 1374 passed the House this week, John Collison explains the implications of the bill and how Oklahoma Farm Bureau members can stop it in the Senate.  THE WEEK’S TOP HEADLINES Cities, towns could receive […]

ACTION ALERT: CALL HOUSE MEMBERS TODAY The Oklahoma House will hear HB 1374 on Monday. The bill allows cities and towns to access ad valorem–or property–taxes to fund public safety districts. Property taxes are used to fund core infrastructure, NOT to fund municipalities. Oklahoma Farm Bureau has longstanding policy to keep property taxes low in […]

  LINCOLN TO LOCAL: AD VALOREM TAXES AND WIND DEVELOPMENT A month into the 2017 legislative session, LeeAnna McNally gives an update on the status of bills at the state Capitol including ad valorem taxes and wind industry development. TOP HEADLINES OKFB members hear from state leaders, legislators during leadership conference:  Farm Bureau leaders from […]

Sign up for legislative action alerts today! Text START to 405-400-0311 or click here. OKAGPOLICY FEATURE: CONGRESSMAN FRANK LUCAS OFFERS 2018 FARM BILL OVERVIEW As Congress begins work on the 2018 farm bill, former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas shares his perspective on the process. Lucas serves Oklahoma’s Third Congressional District and is a farmer […]

Are you signed up for legislative action alerts? Sign up today!  Text START to 405-400-0311 or click here. Lincoln to Local: Taxes and new revenue Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s LeeAnna McNally shares an update from this week at the state Capitol including ad valorem tax increase bills, Gov. Mary Fallin’s tax considerations and water as a potential […]

To better serve our loyal readers, OKAgPolicy Today will become a weekly e-newsletter update beginning next week. The new format will include top headlines from the week along with video updates and more. Stay tuned for this exciting new tool! Lincoln to Local: An update on Farm Bureau legislative events Mark Yates, Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s […]

To better serve our loyal readers, OKAgPolicy Today will become a weekly e-newsletter update beginning next week. The new format will include top headlines from the week along with video updates and more. Stay tuned for this exciting new tool! TOP HEADLINES Let cities use property tax to pay for public safety costs (opinion): It […]

  To better serve our loyal readers, OKAgPolicy Today will become a weekly e-newsletter update beginning next week. The new format will include top headlines from the week along with video updates and more. Stay tuned for this exciting new tool! TOP HEADLINES Democrats want to delay Pruitt confirmation vote:  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]

Are you signed up for egislative action alerts? Text START to 405-400-0311 or sign up here. MEET THE LEGISLATOR – SENATE PRO TEM MIKE SCHULZ Representing Senate District 38 in southwest Oklahoma, Senate Pro Tem Mike Schulz is a farmer from Altus. He was first elected to the state Senate in 2006. Schulz is an active […]

TOP HEADLINES Drought once again a concern in Oklahoma:  With full awareness that words can do nothing to create (or stop) the rains, we note with sadness that dryer times are here again. But not everywhere — and not in all the usual places [NewsOK]. House panel sets stage for farm bill, Labor pick gets hearing: […]