Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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NTSB Probes Deadly Oklahoma House Fire; Gas Pipeline Involved
Feb 1 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it is investigating a house fire that killed four people, including two firefighters, in the northwestern part of the state. The agency launched the investigation...
Oklahoma AG Seeks $1.8M from Vendor After Failed PPE Order
Jan 26 2021 // State Attorney General Mike Hunter is seeking more than $1.8 million from a company he says owes that state after failing to deliver four orders of personal protective equipment (PPE) ordered by the Oklahoma Department of...
Oklahoma Dairy Recalls Contaminated Milk Given to Children
Jan 20 2021 // Oklahoma schools are advising people to throw away milk products received from districts after a dairy company recalled its chocolate milk because some of it may have been contaminated. Hiland Dairy is recalling 4,800...
Oklahoma Judge Extends Curfew Reprieve for Bars, Restaurants
Jan 11 2021 // An Oklahoma judge has extended a temporary restraining order allowing bars and restaurants across Oklahoma to stay open past an 11 p.m. curfew issued in November by Gov. Kevin Stitt in an effort to slow the spread of the...
Oklahoma Lobbyists to Pay $115K in Ethics Settlement
Jan 8 2021 // Two Oklahoma lobbyists have agreed to pay $115,000 in penalties as part of a settlement announced by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. The settlements by the commission were reached with lobbyists James Milner and James...
Bailey Appointed General Counsel at Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jan 7 2021 // Kim Bailey has been named general counsel for the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), effective Jan. 19, 2021. Bailey currently serves as general counsel and chief operating officer at the Oklahoma State Department of...
Oklahoma Fire Department Earns Highest ISO Protection Classification
Jan 4 2021 // The Norman Fire Department in Oklahoma has achieved the highest Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating from the Insurance Service Office (ISO), the insurance department reported. The ISO rates over 50,000 fire...
Nuro OK’d in California to Charge for Self-Driving Services
Dec 29 2020 // Robotics company Nuro this week received the first-ever permit to commercially deploy its self-driving vehicles in California, allowing the Silicon Valley firm to charge clients for its driverless delivery service. Relying...
Federal Disaster Aid Approved for Oklahoma Winter Storm Recovery
Dec 22 2020 // Federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Oct. 26-29, 2020, according to...
Judge Gives Oklahoma Bars, Restaurants Temporary Curfew Reprieve
Dec 21 2020 // Oklahoma bars and restaurants have effectively won a temporary reprieve from a curfew that has been forcing them to close early since November to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. A state judge sided with a group of...
Oklahoma Housing Agency Faces Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 17 2020 // The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the affordable housing agency in the western Oklahoma town of Lone Wolf for allegedly denying housing to a Black mother and her 5-year-old daughter because of their race. The Justice...
Oklahoma’s CompSource Mutual Insurance Assigned ‘A’ Rating by AM Best
Dec 11 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. (CompSource Mutual), based in Oklahoma City. The outlook assigned...
Oklahoma Seeking to Make J&J Pay $9.3B to End Opioid Crisis in State
Dec 10 2020 // Oklahoma has asked the state Supreme Court to order Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $9.3 billion to cover the entire anticipated cost of combatting the state’s opioid crisis, arguing in its appeal that a lower...
Appeals Court OK’s Suit Over Mississippi School Funding Disparities
Dec 10 2020 // A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools. The 5th U.S. Circuit...
Quinn to Chair Oklahoma Senate Insurance Committee
Dec 8 2020 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, a Republican, has appointed Senator Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, chair of the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Other Republican members appointed to the committee...
Sentry’s Insurance Business Transfer Plan OK’d to Advance in Oklahoma
Dec 3 2020 // Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance (Sentry) has gained approval from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to submit its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan to the District Court of Oklahoma County. This is the second IBT...
China Renews OK of Oceanwide’s Stalled $2.7 Billion Purchase of Genworth
Dec 2 2020 // U.S.-based Genworth Financial Inc. reported that Chinese officials have renewed their approval of China Oceanwide Holdings Group’s acquisition of Genworth’s Delaware-domiciled insurer, allowing the deal to...
$17M Award for Woman Injured at Walmart OK’d by W. Virginia High Court
Nov 30 2020 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a jury verdict of nearly $17 million for a woman who was injured when Walmart staffers tried to detain a shoplifter. The court rejected the retail giant’s appeal on Nov....
COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Sent to States Within 24 Hours of FDA’s OK: Official
Nov 25 2020 // The first Americans could receive a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Dec. 11, the chief scientific adviser for the U.S. government’s vaccine program said on Sunday. “Within 24 hours from the approval, the vaccine...
Antidiscrimination Rules for Businesses OK’d by Georgia County Commissioners
Nov 23 2020 // A middle Georgia county has approved an anti-discrimination ordinance that would govern businesses, despite opposition from some. Macon-Bibb commissioners voted 5-4 in favor of the proposal on Tuesday, sending it to Mayor...
