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If you’re discovering that your favorite chicken platter is unavailable at your favorite restaurant, blame the weather.
Most broiler chickens, poultry that ends up being served at restaurants, are raised in Texas and other southern states. In March, a winter storm paralyzed much of Texas.
Demand for chicken products didn’t decrease during that time, and haven’t throughout much of the pandemic.
“People kept going through the drive-thru at a lot of those places. So, I just don t think the chicken has seen quite the dip of consumption that some other parts of the industry have seen,” President of the Indiana Poultry Association Rebecca Joniskan said.
Abigail Censky, Kansas News Service
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The medical marijuana bill passed 78-42 on an initial vote in the Kansas House Thursday, May 6, 2021.
TOPEKA, Kansas Kansas took its first major step toward legalizing medical marijuana Thursday when the conservative Republicans who dominate the state House passed a bill that tracks a national trend and bucks federal law.
Kansas-style legalization would regulate everything from patient access to cannabis advertising.
The historic floor debate stretched on for nearly five hours, laying bare divisions among Republicans. The bill passed 79-42 and now heads to the Kansas Senate.
Some lawmakers argued that legalizing medical marijuana fell in line with small-government philosophies.
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