Representative Marty Long, County Commissioners Joe D. Thompson, and Shannon Crawford and Eric Cox with Roc’N E Interprises LLC take time from visiting for this picture.Saturday, April 19 was the last Legislative Update for Hugoton. Representative Marty Long updated the group on bills vetoed and passed.

Governor Kelly vetoed 18 bills this session. A budget of 10.6 billion dollars was passed which was $210,000,000 less than last year. He also highlighted some of the tax cuts. One of them was the food sales tax. With no food sales tax the state loses about $650,000,000 a year in taxes.

Flora Food Group Factory Director Sarah Lackey was in attendance and Representative Long asked her a few questions about production at the plant.