Workers Compensation Forums Scheduled in Oklahoma City and Tulsa
OKLAHOMA CITY ' The Oklahoma Insurance Department and the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) will host two important events on workers' compensation. The 2015 State Advisory Forum will be held Oct. 21 in Oklahoma City. A second forum will be held in...
09/23/2015
New Locations Added for OHEC Meeting for Health Literacy Month
More communities have been added to the list of videoconference locations where the public can participate in the Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign (OHEC) meetings for Health Literacy Month.
OHEC is preparing for October’s Health Literacy Month with a...
Directors Weekly Memo 2015-9-21
Disability ACES Workshop planned at Oklahoma CareerTech; Adult Basic Education resources outlined; feedback sought for third draft of the Oklahoma Academic Standards; get your CareerTech Hall of Fame tickets before they sell out; manufacturing, construction to be honored in...
09/21/2015
Insure Oklahoma Now Accepting Larger Businesses
OKLAHOMA CITY ' Governor Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) announced today that the Insure Oklahoma program is increasing its employer size limit from 99 to 250 employees. The change is effective immediately.
Insure Oklahoma is the state's...
09/18/2015
Attorney General Pruitt Files Embezzlement Charge Against Comanche County Woman
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday announced embezzlement charges against a Comanche County woman.
Ashley Kay Bannon, 31, of Lawton, allegedly embezzled $3,711.29 from her former employer, Humble Insurance Agency in Cache, by...
Jari Askins to Take State Court Administrative Post
OKLAHOMA CITY ' Governor Mary Fallin announced today that Jari Askins, special adviser on child welfare and Pinnacle Plan implementation, is leaving her post on October 1 to become the administrative director of Oklahoma's courts.
The governor in April tapped...
09/17/2015
Attorney General Pruitt Charges Caretaker with Abuse
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Thursday filed an abuse by caretaker charge against a Guthrie woman for the abuse of a special needs child.
Orlisha Nichelle Starks, 25, worked as a counselor at Rose Rock Academy in Oklahoma City, a facility...
Settlement Reached in Stalled Lake Texoma Development
OKLAHOMA CITY ' Governor Mary Fallin today announced that the Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) voted to approve a settlement on the stalled hotel development on former state park land at Lake Texoma.
Fallin, chairman of the CLO, said commissioners during...
09/16/2015
Gov. Fallin Issues Statement on Court of Criminal Appeals Granting Stay of Execution
OKLAHOMA CITY ' Governor Mary Fallin issued this statement after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal appeals today granted a two-week stay of execution to Richard Glossip:
'As I have repeatedly said, court is the proper place for Richard Glossip and his legal team to...
09/16/2015
Treasurer Miller announces return of 10,000 Reasons to Save Sweepstakes
Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan to give one student $10,529 college savings account
and award student's school $10,529 in cash
NORMAN ' State Treasurer Ken Miller finished his schooling long ago, but that hasn't stopped him from returning to...
09/15/2015
Directors Weekly Memo 2015-9-14
CareerTech and TEEM partner to train welders and food service workers; congratulations to Southwest Technology Center and Hollis School District; updated Assessment List is now available; Skills Centers working with Macy's to provide jobs for students; National Association of...
Gov. Fallin Responds to Request to Delay Execution of Richard Glossip
OKLAHOMA CITY ' Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin today released the following statement regarding the impending execution of Richard Glossip and the request by his attorneys to delay his execution by sixty days. Richard Glossip was convicted of paying to have his boss,...
09/11/2015
Attorney General Pruitt Comments on Ten Commandments Ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday released the following statement after the conclusion of a status conference hearing in state district court on the Ten Commandments case:
“The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s stunningly broad...
09/11/2015
AG Pruitt Statement on Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt released the following statement Friday, on the 14 th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks:
“Courage, resiliency and faith lifted our nation from the wake of the tragic attacks of...
09/11/2015
Seeking to right a hostile ruling on Ten Commandments
By SCOTT PRUITT - The Oklahoman, Sept. 11, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that, when it comes to religion and public life, the Constitution requires us to strike a delicate balance. On the one hand, government cannot use its power to establish a...
09/11/2015
THE OKLAHOMAN EDITORIAL Good News Resulting from Oklahoma Work Comp Reform
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board
Published: September 11, 2015
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THE law that changed Oklahoma's workers' compensation system has been challenged in court on many fronts by those who prefer the adversarial, attorney-dominated system that was in...