July 9, 2012
More than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the sweeping federal health care law, Oklahoma’s political leaders have offered few specifics about how the state will proceed in complying with its provisions. Members of the Republican-controlled Legislature were …
July 3, 2012
While he is disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold federal health reform legislation, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak said he will do his duty under the law. However, he said potential legal challenges remain, namely on the …
June 29, 2012
Republican members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation are decrying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal health care law. U.S. Rep Tom Cole says the court has spoken — and it’s up to voters to make their voices heard …
June 27, 2012
Federal investigators want to know why a freight train streaking across the Oklahoma Panhandle failed to pull into a side track and instead charged down the main line and collided head-on with another train approaching from the opposite direction. Three …
June 26, 2012
Three Union Pacific crew members remain missing after two trains collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle, causing a white-hot fire that emergency crews are struggling to extinguish. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph says the fire near Goodwell is contained but …
June 22, 2012
A Payne County judge ruled against Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising arm and its top booster, T. Boone Pickens, in their attempt to recover money spent on life insurance premiums in the school’s “Gift of a Lifetime” fundraising plan. Associate …
June 21, 2012
State and federal officials say an Oklahoma hospital and physician have agreed to a $1,550,000 payout to settle a health care fraud case. Sanford C. Coats, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, …
June 18, 2012
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state reached an all-time high of more than 1.7 million persons employed in May. Commission officials say Oklahoma’s jobless rate fell to 4.8 percent from 5 percent in April. Statistics show 85,120 people …
June 15, 2012
The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) signed four new member agencies in the South Central Region in May. May’s new South Central members are: Morrow Insurance Group of Texarkana, Texas; McPeak & Associates of Edmond, Okla.; Darren Perry Agency of …
June 13, 2012
Several groups representing the interests of minorities in Oklahoma criticized the elimination of the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission and met on June 11 to form a new coalition to promote equality and end discrimination. Individuals with several minority-rights groups met …