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TOP HEADLINES
Casino bets on water reuse:
Stephen Greetham is moving closer to reusing wastewater from the world’s largest casino. The Chickasaw Nation’s Department of Commerce general counsel said his tribe is waiting for regulatory approval to begin a pilot project in Thackerville [Journal Record].
Oklahoma economy outperforms some energy-producing states:
The downturn of oil and gas prices has hurt Oklahoma’s economy since 2015, but the state fared better than some other energy states, according to a quarterly bulletin the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released Friday [Journal Record].
Wastewater and earthquake forum to be held at state Capitol:
A state legislator who is running for an Oklahoma Corporation Commission seat and the Ponca Nation Council will hold an Oil and Gas Industry Forum Tuesday exploring a way to reduce wastewater injection and the number of earthquakes in the state [OK Energy Today].
Living on a prayer: Rural healthcare impacted before state budget woes:
Rural health in Oklahoma — hospitals and centers — had shrinking bank accounts before the state budget shortfall of $1.3 billion for fiscal year 2017 and citizens and cities are starting to see the impact [Enid News & Eagle].
Food companies appear resigned to GMO labeling:
Vermont will not implement the nation’s first state law making food labels disclose genetically engineered ingredients until July 1. But with 18 days to go, some vending machines in the U.S. Capitol already sell candy in packages that comply with the statute [Minneapolis Star-Tribune].
Federal appeals court to hear GMO bans Wednesday:
Hawaii County’s failed ban on outdoor cultivation of genetically modified crops will be aired Wednesday in a federal court in Honolulu, one of three county cases being appealed after local laws were struck down [Hawaii Tribune-Herald].
Congressmen complain about H-2A problems:
A bi-partisan group of 102 members of Congress wrote U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on Friday demanding that Citizenship and Immigration Services fix the administrative backlog of the H-2A agricultural worker program [The Progressive Farmer].
The future of agriculture: Factory fresh:
If agriculture is to continue to feed the world, it needs to become more like manufacturing, says Geoffrey Carr. Fortunately, that is already beginning to happen [The Economist].
A map of where your food originated may surprise you:
Now, for the first time, a new study reveals the full extent of globalization in our food supply. More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin national diets originally came from somewhere else — often far away [NPR].
