Transition Continues for New Workers Compensation System
Transition Continues for New Workers’ Compensation System
New System Is More Efficient and Effective for Workers and Employers
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced today that the state took another step in the transition from...
Education beyond High School is the New Minimum for Success in Todays Economy
By Governor Mary Fallin
Here’s a fact: today’s economy is more competitive and more complicated than it was fifty years ago. Oklahomans entering the workforce today are not just competing against Texans; they are competing against Americans in all 50...
07/04/2014
Governor Mary Fallin Statement on Independence Day
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today released the following statement wishing Oklahomans a happy Independence Day:
“We are blessed to live in a country where freedom and liberty are still valued. Because our Founding Fathers courageously rose up to...
07/03/2014
Commissioner Doak Says Federal Decision Will Hurt Oklahomas Rural Fire Departments
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doaksays rural fire departments in Oklahoma will be devastated by an agreement between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to no longer allow unused DoD vehicles to be...
Rural Fire Assistance Program in Jeopardy
Rural fire departments across Oklahoma and the nation will be devastated by an agreement between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which stops making available excess DoD vehicles that are critical to rural fire departments'...
07/02/2014
Five years after Great Recession, Oklahoma continues steady economic expansion
KLAHOMA CITY – Five years after the close of the Great Recession, gross receipts to the treasury point to continued expansion of the Oklahoma economy, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced at a State Capitol news conference on Wednesday.
Gross receipts for...
07/01/2014
Lamb Touts Oklahoma School Security Approach to National Leaders
Oklahoma City – Lt. Governor Todd Lamb served on a panel today about school-safety and touted the efforts of the Oklahoma Commission on School Security, a commission Lt. Governor Lamb founded and led. The Oklahoma Commission on School Security brought together...
06/30/2014
AG Pruitt Comments on Historic Supreme Court Ruling in Hobby Lobby Case
AG Says Ruling a Pivotal Victory for Religious Liberty
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt commented on Monday’s historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The Attorney General said the ruling in...