Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Oklahoma Places New Restrictions on Bars, Restaurants Amid Virus Surge
Nov 17 2020 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants and plans to require mask wearing inside state buildings, the first state restrictions imposed since the economy reopened in May, as...
Oklahoma Ice Storm Damage Up to $27M; Disaster Declaration Requested
Nov 16 2020 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s ice storm that caused an estimated $27 million in damages in 13 central Oklahoma counties. Stitt said in a press release...
Johnson Controls, Manpower to Pay $40K in Oklahoma Harassment/Retaliation Suit
Nov 10 2020 // Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) and ManpowerGroup US Inc. (Manpower) have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit charging the companies with sexual harassment and retaliation against a worker at a JCI plant in Norman,...
5 more Louisiana Parishes OK’d for Federal Disaster Assistance
Nov 10 2020 // The federal government has approved Louisiana’s request for FEMA individual assistance for five more parishes that were affected by Hurricane Delta, the governor’s office announced. The parishes are Beauregard,...
Voters OK’d Local Measures to Fight Climate Change
Nov 5 2020 // Local governments are increasingly taking it upon themselves to address climate change. Denver voters on election day passed Measure 2A, which would raise city sales tax by 0.25% starting in January with the goal of...
Amini, General Counsel of Oklahoma Insurance Department to Retire
Nov 5 2020 // Gordon Amini, general counsel of the Oklahoma Insurance Department, will retire at the end of the year. During his 43-year career as corporate legal and regulatory counsel, Amini was a member of the Oklahoma Bar...
Business Moves
Nov 2 2020 // National AmWINS, CRC, Heffernan Wholesaler insurance brokers AmWINS and CRC, along with independent agency Heffernan Insurance Brokers, are the charter members of a new alliance to accelerate technology improvements in the...
Oklahoma Governor Declares State of Emergency in 47 Counties Due to Ice Storm
Oct 30 2020 // More than 350,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma were without electricity on Oct. 28 as cleanup continued from an ice storm that ravaged much of the state. By midmorning on Oct. 28, more than 356,000 homes and businesses...
Tyson Gets OK to Use Employees, Technology for Safety Inspections at Meat Plant
Oct 28 2020 // Tyson Foods said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a dozen federal inspectors at a large Kansas beef plant, after getting a U.S. government waiver. Tyson said the change...
3.2-Magnitude Quake Shakes Area on Oklahoma-Kansas Border
Oct 26 2020 // A magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook an area on the Kansas-Oklahoma line on Oct. 22, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck at 8:17 p.m. and was centered in a remote area 22 miles (35 kilometers) northwest of...
Self-Driving’s Latest Turn: GM’s Cruise Seeks OK for Cars Without Steering Wheel, Pedals
Oct 22 2020 // Self-driving car maker Cruise said on Wednesday it and majority shareholder General Motors Co. would seek U.S. regulatory approval in coming months to deploy a limited number of Cruise Origin vehicles without steering...
Commissioner: Oklahoma Completes First Insurance Business Transfer in U.S.
Oct 16 2020 // The District Court of Oklahoma County has approved Providence Washington Insurance Company (PWIC) to complete its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan, making it the first such transfer in the United States, according to...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner OKs Workers’ Comp Premium Rate Drop
Oct 14 2020 // A 9.6 percent decrease in Oklahoma workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2021 has been approved by the state’s insurance commissioner. According to Commissioner Glen Mulready and the Oklahoma Insurance...
Relation Insurance Acquires Assets of Oklahoma’s Lucht Insurance Group
Oct 13 2020 // Relation Insurance Services (Relation), a privately owned insurance brokerage that offers property/casualty, risk management, employee benefits, and TPA-consulting services through its family of brands across the United...
Oklahoma High Court OK’s US Chamber’s Support of $465M Opioid Judgment Appeal
Oct 12 2020 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce can support Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $465 million judgement against the opioid manufacturer, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. The court allowed the Chamber along...
Johnson Joins Oklahoma’s First United Insurance as VP, Commercial Producer
Sep 4 2020 // First United Insurance in Durant, Oklahoma, has added Erick Johnson as vice president and insurance commercial lines producer. Johnson joins First United with over 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. He...
Report: Data Shows Oklahoma Face Mask Mandates Are Reducing Virus Spread
Aug 24 2020 // Face mask mandates adopted in some Oklahoma communities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seem to be working, according to a newspaper report. Data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows cities with mask...
FEMA Aid OK’d for Iowa County Hardest Hit by Storm
Aug 24 2020 // President Donald Trump has approved Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for eastern Iowa’s Linn County, which was the county that was hardest hit by last week’s rare hurricane-strength windstorm. Gov....
EPA to OK Use by American Airlines of Surface Coating to Fight COVID-19
Aug 24 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce it will issue an emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to allow American Airlines Group Inc. to use a new surface coating that kills...
Court Grants Facebook Preliminary OK to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Claims
Aug 20 2020 // Facebook Inc. won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent. The social...
