Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
American Family’s Conversion Plan OK’d by Policyholders
Dec 8 2016 // Policyholders of American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (AFMIC) have voted to approve the company’s plan to convert its corporate structure to a mutual holding company. Madison, Wis.-based American Family said it...
Oklahoma Residents Sue Companies over Mag 5.0 Quake in Cushing
Dec 7 2016 // Five companies are being sued over a magnitude 5.0 earthquake at Cushing, Oklahoma. The lawsuit filed by David and Myra Reid, Valerie Branyan and Timothy Harris names White Star Petroleum, Crown Energy Company,...
Hub International Acquires Oklahoma’s Medley/Turrentine & Assoc.
Dec 6 2016 // Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Medley/Turrentine & Associates LLC, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Insure Oklahoma Extended for Another Year
Dec 5 2016 // The federal government will continue for another year to fund an Oklahoma program that uses a combination of state tobacco tax revenue and federal Medicaid money to help provide health insurance coverage for nearly 20,000...
Residents, Pawnee Nation File Suits Following 5.8 Mag Quake
Dec 5 2016 // Residents of Pawnee, Okla., have filed suit in district court against 27 energy companies, saying they operate wastewater injection wells even though they know the method causes earthquakes. The lawsuit seeks an...
Budget Cuts Mean Fewer Miles, Hours for Oklahoma DPS Troopers
Dec 1 2016 // Oklahoma state troopers will drive less and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s aircraft will be grounded more often under new budget cuts announced by the state Department of Public Safety. DPS Commissioner Michael...
Oklahoma Earthquakes: The Emerging Risk from Induced Seismicity
Dec 1 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. California is typically the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of earthquake activity in the U.S. In recent years, however, the central U.S. – especially...
Oklahoma Companies Blame City for Groundwater Pollution
Nov 30 2016 // Two companies that operated a now closed aerospace plant argue that groundwater pollutants threatening to contaminate the city of Bethany’s municipal water supply are a result of the city’s 67-year-old clay...
Earthquakes with Magnitudes of 3.4 and 4.3 Recorded in North-Central Oklahoma
Nov 28 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey on Sunday recorded a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in north-central Oklahoma just two days after a 4.3 magnitude temblor struck in the same area. The 3.4 magnitude quake was recorded at 8:34 a.m. on...
2 New Earthquakes Recorded near Oklahoma Oil Hub
Nov 23 2016 // Two earthquakes recorded within one minute of each other have shaken an area in north-central Oklahoma near the site near of a key oil hub. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquakes occurred Nov. 22 in Cushing in...
Oklahoma Commissioner to Ride Along with Troopers to Stress Highway Safety
Nov 23 2016 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak will ride along with Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) troopers to raise awareness of highway safety laws. Commissioner Doak wants to make...
27 Energy Companies Sued by Quake-Weary Oklahomans
Nov 21 2016 // 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 from oil and...
In Oklahoma, Pawnee Nation Files Suit to Void Drilling Permits
Nov 21 2016 // The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to void drilling permits for oil and natural gas wells on tribal land that the tribe alleges cause earthquakes in northern Oklahoma. The...
Only 4 Out of 300 Claims Paid After Record Oklahoma Earthquake
Nov 21 2016 // Nearly 300 damage claims have been submitted since Oklahoma’s largest earthquake in September, but only four of those claims have been paid. An analysis of Oklahoma Insurance Department data by the Tulsa World shows...
Rising Earthquake Risks and Oklahoma’s Insurance Market
Nov 21 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
Oklahoma Company to Pay $50K to Settle Race Discrimination Charges
Nov 17 2016 // An Oklahoma-based automobile detailing business, OnSite Solutions LLC, will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. EEOC...
Will Rising Earthquake Risks in Oklahoma Shake Up the Insurance Market?
Nov 14 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
Oklahoma Orders the Shut Down of More Disposal Wells
Nov 10 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred near Cushing, Oklahoma on Nov. 6 has prompted state oil and gas regulatory officials to order the shutdown of more underground wastewater disposal wells in the surrounding...
Medical Marijuana OK’d in Conservative Arkansas, but Fights Remain
Nov 10 2016 // Arkansas voters handed marijuana advocates a significant victory by passing a measure that would legalize the drug for medical use, but groups on both sides of the issue are now gearing up for fights over how to set up the...
Oklahoma Firm Partnering with NOAA on Hurricane Forecasting, Damage Assessment
Nov 9 2016 // Cherokee Nation Technologies has entered a partnership to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment. The collaborative effort between Cherokee Nation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
