Oklahoma’s House speaker once again is pushing for the national motto, "In God We Trust" to be displayed prominently in state buildings.
The Oklahoma House on Monday passed Speaker Charles McCall’s House Bill 2085 to add the phrase in 342 state buildings at an estimated cost of $85,000.
The legislation incited fierce debate from Democrats, who argued the bill violates the separation of church and state and could alienate Oklahomans with diverse religious beliefs.
HB 2085 is identical to legislation McCall, R-Atoka, introduced last year. His earlier bill passed the House, but stalled in the Senate when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the last legislative session.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – A tech company challenging how Kansas credit card transactions are handled has one its argument that the state’s no-surcharge statute violates the First Amendment.
Federal judge John Broomes ruled for Feb. 25 for CardX, a company whose software allows merchants to display the variety of prices in order to pick the payment type they prefer. The challenged Kansas law allows merchants to offer discounts to customers who pay by cash rather than credit card.
“In Kansas, merchants remain obligated to absorb the costs of a consumer’s choice to use a credit card because the no-surcharge statute makes it illegal to communicate differential pricing as a surcharge,” Broomes wrote.
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