BusinessWeek Ranks Oklahoma City and Tulsa Among Strongest Metros
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Tulsa and Oklahoma City among the 40 strongest metros in the United States. Oklahoma City is No. 3 and Tulsa is No. 7.The magazine based its ranking on data and analysis from the Brookings Institution's new MetroMonitor study, including job...
Man Charged in Gun Parts Fraud Case
An Oklahoma City man faces four felony counts of
consumer fraud for scamming Oklahoma gun owners, Attorney General Drew
Edmondson said today.
10/20/2009
WNBA Coming to Tulsa, Season to Tip-Off in Spring of 2010
The WNBA is coming to Tulsa and will tip-off next spring at the BOK Center. The Detroit Shock will relocate to Tulsa and will be owned by a group of investors led by Oklahoma businessmen Bill Cameron and David Box. Nolan Richardson will become the team's ...
10/19/2009
Oklahoma Appliance Rebate Plan Submitted to DOE
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce recently submitted a comprehensive plan to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the state's Energy Star Appliance Rebate program that is being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Oklahoma was approved...
10/16/2009
State wildlife programs funded through excise tax
Hunters purchasing a new rifle are also helping to fund the selection, restoration, rehabilitation and improvement of wildlife habitat, management research and the distribution of information produced by research projects.
Oklahoma Receives $6 Million Award for Research in Ecological Science
Thanks to a $6 million EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers from Oklahoma and Kansas will be leading the effort to develop cyberCommons, an information cafeteria that will enable...
10/15/2009
The Oklahoma History Center Presents BACK TO THE MOON
The Oklahoma History Center presents Back to the Moon with Andy
Chaikin, an award winning science journalist, on November 12, 2009. The
Oklahoma History Center will open its galleries at 6:00 PM and the
program will begin at 7:00 PM. Admission to the museum and program is...
AG Appoints Kennedy to Tobacco Trust
Attorney General Drew Edmondson today announced he
has appointed Oklahoma City businessman and longtime community
volunteer John Kennedy to serve on the board of directors of the
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.
Department of Central Services Awards State Food Contract
The Department of Central Services (DCS) is pleased to announce the award of the Statewide Food Prime Vendor Contract to Sysco Oklahoma, LLC, effective October 1st. The contract was awarded by the DCS Central Purchasing Division as part of its new $pend$mart Oklahoma program,...
10/09/2009
Public Hearing for 2010 Consolidated Plan Scheduled
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency are jointly sponsoring a public hearing for the State of Oklahoma Consolidated Plan for Fiscal Year 2010. All Oklahoma residents are invited and encouraged to attend the session scheduled for Thursday,...