April Gross Receipts Show Impact of Low Oil and Gas Prices
KLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s April Gross Receipts to the Treasury report shows marginal overall growth from the prior year due to the effect of low oil and natural gas prices, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced today.
Monthly collections of $1.32...
05/04/2015
Training in the Wind
When a semitrailer carrying a wind turbine wound up in a ditch, Francis Tuttle Technology Center turned the accident into a learning tool for wind technicians.
05/04/2015
Jobs Are Looking For Workers
Unlike most other states, in Oklahoma, workers aren't looking for jobs as much as jobs are looking for workers. It's an issue that has everyone's attention from the state capitol to industry and education.
05/04/2015
Gov. Fallin Signs Key Sentencing Reform Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today signed a bill that will allow judges to impose shorter sentences for some nonviolent crimes.
House Bill 1518 allows judges to depart from mandatory minimum terms if they believe the minimum sentence is “not...
Investing in Oklahoma through STEM
By Governor Mary Fallin
Science isn’t just something that happens in labs. It touches every industry in our state and it impacts every Oklahoman. Science, technology, engineering and math (or “STEM”) lead to innovative breakthroughs that improve...
05/04/2015
OSDH Encourages Teens to Think About
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May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and teens nationwide are expected to participate in...
05/04/2015
Oklahoma Forestry Services Conducting Inventory in LeFlore County
What type of forest or woodlands is present in LeFlore County? What tree species are there? Is our forest healthy?
These and many other questions will be answered as a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) crew from Oklahoma Forestry Services begins collecting data on...
05/04/2015
I-44 Belle Isle bridge becomes focus of transportation commission
Several piers of the I-44 Belle Isle bridge were stripped this year as part of an ongoing repair project. Crews found extensive damage, which will require an additional emergency project to repair. Oklahoma Department of Transportation engineers emphasize that the...
05/01/2015
Governor Mary Fallin Signs Law Protecting Religious Liberty
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today signed HB 1007, a bill protecting religious leaders from being compelled to perform marriages that are in direct contradiction to their religious beliefs. The bill states, “No regularly licensed, ordained or authorized...
05/01/2015
Governor Mary Fallin Vetoes SB 676, Citing Redundancy and Costs to Taxpayers
allin said the bill – which has been described as an attempt to fight overbearing EPA regulations – inadvertently does the opposite, at great expense to the state.
SB 676 is designed as a counter to proposed EPA regulations that mandate a 30 percent reduction...
04/30/2015
AG Scott Pruitt to Testify about EPA Overreach at U.S. Senate Hearing
Hearing will discuss ‘Legal Implications of the Clean Power Plan’
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt will testify Tuesday (May 5) at a U.S. Senate hearing on the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The hearing, titled...
Tulsa Caretaker Pleads Guilty to Abuse of Elderly Woman
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jasha Delite Meshall Shaw, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty to one count of abuse by caretaker and one count of verbal abuse by caretaker following charges by Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
Shaw, 23, worked as a certified nursing aide at the Ambassador...
04/29/2015
Gov. Fallin Names Four to Serve on Oklahoma Water Resources Board
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today named Stephen Allen, of Jenks, to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. She also reappointed board members Bob Drake, of Davis, Rudy Herrmann, of Afton, and Ford Drummond, of Bartlesville.
Allen and Drake will serve...
One Stop Shop - ASCO Aerospace USA
Belgium-based ASCO Industries is a world leader in design and manufacture of complex mechanical assemblies for the aerospace industry. Available workforce, cooperation of Meridian Technology Center in training employees for specific jobs and Oklahoma State University...
04/28/2015
Governor Mary Fallin Issues Order Standing up to EPA Overreach
In 2013, President Obama directed the EPA to issue sweeping and unprecedented regulations regarding carbon emissions, citing the federal Clean Air Act section 111(d) as his legal authority. The authority of the EPA to issue such rules has been called into question by...