Report: Oklahomans Can Access 53 Health Care Plans
Oklahomans will pay less than the national average for health insurance under an exchange scheduled to open next week as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, according to a report by...
View ArticleOklahoma Superior Court Referee Hears Workers’ Comp Case
Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state...
View ArticleJudge Blocks Oklahoma Firm from Selling Execution Drug to Missouri
A federal judge on Feb. 12 agreed to temporarily block an Oklahoma pharmacy from providing an execution drug to the Missouri Department of Corrections for use in an upcoming lethal injection. The...
View ArticleBackers of Oklahoma School Storm Shelters not Giving Up
It’s been a little more than a year since seven children were killed when a massive tornado destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, but their families are still no closer to the goal of...
View ArticleOklahoma Governor Challenged on Workers’ Comp System Changes
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Dorman criticized Republican Gov. Mary Fallin for changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that Dorman said are blocking injured workers’ access to...
View ArticleOklahoma AG: Workers’ Comp Commission Broke Open Meeting Act
The commission that oversees Oklahoma’s system for compensating injured workers repeatedly violated the state’s Open Meeting Act, including when its members met privately with a potential vendor, an...
View ArticlePolice: Fired Oklahoma Man Beheads Co-Worker, Attacks Another
A man who was shot after authorities say he beheaded one woman and attacked another at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained consciousness and was interviewed...
View ArticleOklahoma Lawmakers Want to Regulate Drones in State
Concerned about the growing presence of drones in the skies above Oklahoma, a couple of state lawmakers have filed legislation to rein in their use. But state officials trying to attract unmanned...
View ArticleOklahoma Geologists Also See Earthquake-Injection Well Link
The Oklahoma Geological Survey said it is “very likely” that most of the state’s recent earthquakes were triggered by the subsurface injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling...
View ArticleBill Banning Local Drilling Rules Passes Oklahoma House
Legislation that prohibits cities and towns from regulating oil and natural gas drilling operations was approved by the Oklahoma House on April 22, one day after the Oklahoma Geological Survey said it...
View ArticleOklahoma Ban on Texting and Driving Goes to Governor
Oklahoma is in line to become the 46th in the nation to pass a ban on texting and driving. A bill passed on April 29 by the House goes to Gov. Mary Fallin, who urged lawmakers in her State of …
View ArticleOklahoma Texting While Driving Ban Signed by Governor
Gov. Mary Fallin added her signature to legislation that makes it illegal to text message while driving in Oklahoma and then issued a challenge to the state’s motorists. “Don’t text and drive in the...
View ArticleOklahoma Storm Damage May Reach $200M, Official Says
Damage from severe storms that dropped historic levels of rainfall and spawned tornadoes and flooding across Oklahoma could reach $200 million, the state’s emergency management director said Tuesday....
View ArticleQuakes Spur more Study of Wells by Oklahoma Corp. Commission
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said it is placing more than 200 oil and natural gas wastewater disposal wells under scrutiny as the regulatory agency investigates whether the wells are triggering...
View ArticlePrice Tag from Spring Severe Weather Adding Up in Oklahoma
The rain has stopped falling and the triple-digit heat of an Oklahoma summer has finally arrived, but state emergency managers are still adding up the price tag for repairing roads, bridges and other...
View ArticleOfficials: Effort to End Oklahoma’s Earthquakes Will Take Time
It could take up to another year of research to determine what has caused a recent series of Oklahoma earthquakes and whether the state is doing enough to stop them, officials said. After meeting with...
View ArticleJudge Suspends Lawsuit Against U. of Oklahoma over Stolen Nazi Art
A federal judge has suspended activity in a lawsuit that challenges the ownership of a painting that hangs at a University of Oklahoma art gallery as negotiations continue with a French woman who...
View ArticleOklahoma Orders Reduction in Wastewater Disposal after Quakes
The state commission that regulates Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry on Jan. 4 ordered some injection well operators to reduce wastewater disposal volumes after at least a dozen earthquakes hit...
View ArticleTransportation Group: Oklahoma Roads Take Financial Toll on Drivers
Congested and deficient roads cost Oklahoma drivers $4.9 billion a year because of increased vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and delays, according to a report released by a transportation...
View ArticleAnother Provision of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Law Struck Down
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 12 struck down part of the state’s workers’ compensation law, saying the provisions deprived workers of their due process rights and created a subclass of workers....
View ArticleNew Scrutiny for Oklahoma Workers’ Comp System
Three years after passage of sweeping legislation that revamped Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system, courts are scrapping significant parts of the law in decisions that say the regulations violate...
View Article27 Energy Companies Sued by Quake-Weary Oklahomans
Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater...
View ArticleOklahoma AG Sues Prescription Opioid Drug Manufacturers
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined the ranks of state attorneys general who have sued manufacturers of opioid pain medication, alleging that deceptive marketing campaigns by the drug...
View Article10 Oklahoma Businesses Condemned Following Tornado Damage
Ten businesses in a Tulsa shopping district were so badly damaged by a weekend tornado that they have been condemned, including the TGI Fridays and Whataburger restaurants where several people were...
View ArticleOklahoma’s High Court: Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or Death
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job. The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation...
View ArticleOklahoma’s Supreme Court Says Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job. The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation...
View ArticleAncient Artifacts Seized From Hobby Lobby Returned to Iraq
Thousands of ancient clay tablets, seals and other Iraqi archaeological objects that were smuggled into the U.S. and shipped to the head of the Oklahoma-based arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby were...
View ArticleOklahoma High Court Rejects Immediate Delay of Opioid Trial, Sets Hearing Date
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request by drugmakers to immediately postpone the start of what is expected to be the first state trial in lawsuits accusing the companies of fueling an opioid...
View ArticleOklahoma Supreme Court: Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Unconstitutional
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 23 struck down a state law that caps monetary damages for pain and suffering in personal injury lawsuits, the latest civil justice measure backed by the...
View ArticleWeekend Tornadoes Rake Oklahoma, Killing 2, Injuring 29
A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than...
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