Oklahoma Attorney General's Comment On Today's EPA Ozone Announcement
The proposed federal smog regulations were yet another example of the current EPA administration?s activist approach to environmental policy and burdensome overregulation that accomplishes nothing more than harming ratepayers and businesses for the sake of more rule making,?...
09/01/2011
Attorney General Pruitt Warns Against Scams Following Wildfires
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued a warning today for Oklahoma residents affected by the devastating wildfires. Pruitt said home repair schemes and charity fraud typically follow natural disasters.
“We know from past experience that major...
09/01/2011
Office Of Personnel Management Administrator Oscar Jackson Announces Retirement
Oscar Jackson, who has served since June 1991 as Administrator of the Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management and Cabinet Secretary of Human Resources and Administration, today announced his state government retirement, effective November 1, 2011. Jackson was initially...
09/01/2011
Commissioner Doak Views OKC Wildfire Damage, Thanks Firefighters For Their Response
Insurance Commissioner John Doak and a Consumer Assistance team from the Oklahoma Insurance Department joined state Rep. Mike Shelton (D-97) Thursday to witness firsthand the damage caused by a multi-day wildfire in northeast Oklahoma City.
The fire is one of dozens to...
Workshop Offers Young Entrepreneurs Guidance And Opportunities
The ninth annual Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur workshop will bring Oklahoma's college students and emerging entrepreneurs together Sept. 30 for a one-day workshop at the Reed Center in Midwest City to learn it, teach it and live it.
CareerTech Criminal Justice Educator Earns National Award
Mark American Horse, criminal justice instructor at Central Technology Center, was recently selected as the National SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year at the National SkillsUSA Conference held in Kansas City.
08/25/2011
Tulsa World Fallin Aims For Increase In College Graduates
Gov. Mary Fallin said she is working on a plan to ramp up the state's economy by producing more college graduates. Her goal: 1,700 more college graduates a year.
"We need a much higher number of college-educated graduates in our state," Fallin told a town hall...
08/25/2011
Workers Compensation Insurance Analyst Files Request To Decrease Oklahoma Rates In 2012
Insurance Commissioner John Doak said today that the company which manages the nation?s largest database of workers? compensation insurance information has filed a request with the Oklahoma Insurance Department to decrease the cost of workers? compensation insurance in...
08/24/2011
AG Pruitt Charges Oklahoma City Woman with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit filed charges this week against Kathryn Kaye Boggs-Palmer, 51, for workers’ compensation fraud and conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation fraud.
According...
08/24/2011
Tulsa World FlightSafety Soars
Rick Armstrong, vice president of simulation for FlightSafety International, believes the company has a "value proposition" that is attractive to airlines, the military and corporate aviation departments facing high fuel prices in a stagnant economy.
It's cheaper -...
08/24/2011
Broken Arrow Ledger Flight Safety International Holds Grand Opening
Gov. Mary Fallin thanked Tuesday Flight Safety International for its "investment and confidence" in Oklahoma's aerospace industry.
Fallin, along with Broken Arrow Mayor Mike Lester, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, addressed more than 400 people during...
08/24/2011
18.9 Million In Tobacco Trust Earnings Certified
The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Board of Investors has certified $18.9 million in earnings for use in the coming year to combat tobacco addiction and other health issues, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced today.
Miller is chairman of the...