Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Bill on Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 15 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a bill calling for additional penalties for those who commit workers’ compensation fraud. House Bill 2894 would have required employees convicted of workers’ comp fraud to...
Oklahoma Gov. Signs Legislation on Distracted Driving
Apr 14 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has signed into law a piece of legislation that will allow law enforcement to cite drivers who drive dangerously while using their cell phone, but prohibit them from initiating a traffic stop...
Arkansas, Oklahoma Record Minor Earthquakes
Apr 12 2010 // The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded another earthquake in central Oklahoma, and an additional one in central Arkansas as well. A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 7:42 a.m. April 8 about two miles southwest of...
Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Passes Oklahoma House Committee
Apr 8 2010 // Legislation reforming the Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation court and system has passed a state House of Representatives committee. Reform of the state’s workers’ compensation has been a priority for...
Oklahoma Trucker Wins Great American’s 2010 ‘Big Rig Giveaway’
Apr 8 2010 // A single dad from Oklahoma is the latest winner of the “Big Rig Giveaway,” sponsored by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. Ron Terrill was on the road driving for a national motor carrier...
Oklahoma Raises $65M Selling Data; Customers Include Insurance Cos.
Apr 6 2010 // The state of Oklahoma has collected at least $65 million in the past five years by selling personal information from motor vehicle records, according to newspaper reports. Wellon Poe, the chief legal counsel for the...
Motorcycle Safety Bills Pass in Oklahoma
Apr 6 2010 // Increasing motorcycle registrations and a rise in motorcycle-related fatalities in Oklahoma have prompted passage in the state Legislature of a pair of measures aimed at improving motorcycle safety. HB 2264,...
Oklahoma Seeks Receivership of Imperial Casualty and Indemnity
Apr 5 2010 // Oklahoma insurance regulators have moved to seize a workers’ compensation insurer they say is insolvent and whose owners are being accused of deceptive financial transactions involving another recently-liquidated...
Measure to Privatize Oklahoma’s Compsource Dead for the Year
Apr 5 2010 // While a number workers’ compensation reform bills have made progress in the Oklahoma legislature this year, proposed measures that would have privatized the state agency that serves as the workers’ compensation...
Survey: Midwest Economy Shows Modest Growth Trends
Apr 2 2010 // Business conditions in the Midwest are generally on an upward swing, according to a survey of supply managers and business leaders in the region. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group, directed by Creighton University...
State Rep.: Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Court Officials Should Go
Apr 1 2010 // Saying the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court has for years stonewalled legislative records requests, state Rep. Mike Reynolds has called for the dismissal of the court’s administrator, Marcia Davis, and...
Oklahoma GOP Forges Ahead With Workers’ Comp Overhaul
Mar 18 2010 // Oklahoma Senate Republicans are continuing their push to completely overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation laws, arguing the system is too expensive for businesses. The Senate Judiciary Committee has...
Measure to Privatize Oklahoma’s Compsource Dead for the Year
Mar 12 2010 // The author of legislation authorizing the sale of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance agency said he does not have enough votes to pass it in the state House and that the bill appears dead for the...
Worker’s Compensation Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate
Mar 11 2010 // The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill aimed at worker’s compensation system reform, SB 1973, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. Provisions of SB 1973 include: Decreases the number of Worker’s...
Bill Authorizes Towing of Uninsured Vehicles in Oklahoma
Mar 10 2010 // Oklahoma motorists who drive without insurance could have their vehicles impounded under a bill approved in the Oklahoma House. The House voted 87-8 for House Bill 2331 by Rep. Steve Martin, a Bartlesville...
Okla. to Receive Federal Aid for Ice Storm
Mar 8 2010 // The White House has approved Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry’s request for a major disaster declaration for the Jan. 28 ice storm. Under the declaration issued March 5, 25 counties will receive public assistance for...
Bill to Sell CompSource Oklahoma Advances but Objections Mount
Mar 7 2010 // The Oklahoma House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee has advanced a bill that would privatize CompSource Oklahoma, a state agency that serves as the insurance resource of last resort for workers’...
Package of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform Bills Passes House
Mar 4 2010 // Legislation aimed at reforming the Oklahoma workers’ compensation system has passed the state’s House of Representatives. House Bills 1611, 2652, 2658 and 2659 now move to the Senate for consideration. The...
Optional Insurance for Oklahoma Lawmakers Approved in House
Mar 3 2010 // The Oklahoma House has passed legislation allowing lawmakers to opt out of the state employees group health and life insurance plans. House members voted 92-4 for the bill and sent it on to the Senate for...
If Oklahoma Is Negligent, Motorists Get Compensated
Mar 2 2010 // For the drivers whose vehicles were damaged by concrete falling from an Interstate 44 bridge in Oklahoma recently, Tulsa resident Robin Cameron knows what might lie ahead. On Christmas Day 2008, Cameron and her daughter...
