Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Overturns Fee on Paid Medicaid Claims
Aug 26 2010 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a state law intended to raise revenue for the state’s Medicaid program. The ruling posted on the court’s Web site said the measure violates the state Constitution. It...
Oklahoma Republicans to Determine Insurance Commissioner Candidate Tuesday
Aug 23 2010 // Oklahoma will be holding a runoff between two Republicans hoping to be the state’s insurance commissioner during its primary election on Tuesday. All registered Republicans will be able to cast a ballot because of...
Poll: Washingtonians OK Fines for Texting While Driving
Aug 19 2010 // Although the number of Washingtonians who text message while driving has increased, a recent poll indicates that the majority (83 percent of drivers surveyed) either support the fines for enforcing the new no-texting law,...
Oklahoma Implements Web-Based System to Help Regulate Insurance
Aug 18 2010 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance announced it is expanding its use of the Web-based State Based Systems (SBS) to improve back-office processing of insurance regulation. SBS is a solid, web-based solution that supports...
Oklahoma Halts Plan to Use Cameras to Snag Uninsured
Aug 12 2010 // Oklahoma is suspending a plan to use highway traffic cameras to identify uninsured motorists that it had hoped would add some $50 million to the state’s coffers in its first year. The project was put on hold because...
Oklahoma Bank to Focus on Small Businesses
Aug 9 2010 // After two years of preparation, Central National Bank in Enid, Okla., will focus its growth strategies on penetrating Tulsa’s small business market. “Obviously the growth for the bank is going to come from the...
Oklahoma Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates to Jump in 2011
Aug 6 2010 // The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) has issued a notice to business owners that most Oklahoma employers can expect to see increases in their state unemployment insurance (UI) tax rates for 2011. Funds...
Oklahoma Files to Liquidate Pegasus Insurance Co.
Aug 5 2010 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner has filed an application to liquidate workers’ compensation insurance provider, Pegasus Insurance Co. Inc. (PICI). The company was placed into rehabilitation in June. Pegasus...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Court: Officer’s Fitness for Duty Exam OK With ADA
Aug 3 2010 // The city of Yakima, Wash., did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it required a police officer to take a “fitness for duty” exam (FFDE) before returning to work. According to court documents...
Crawford, Doak in Oklahoma GOP Insurance Commissioner Runoff
Jul 28 2010 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John P. Crawford and insurance executive John Doak are headed for an Aug. 24 runoff election for the spot on the GOP ticket for state insurance commissioner. The winner of the runoff...
Oklahoma Insurance Chief Challenges Medicaid Tax
Jul 22 2010 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to strike down a new state law designed to raise revenue for the state’s Medicaid program. The law imposes a fee on health insurance...
Louisiana, Texas Gain Jobs in June; Arkansas, Oklahoma Post Losses
Jul 21 2010 // The South Central states of Louisiana and Texas posted job gains for the month of June, but Arkansas and Oklahoma saw slight losses in employment. The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Louisiana’s seasonally...
Oklahoma Traffic Fatalities Decline in June
Jul 21 2010 // Oklahoma Department of Public Safety officials report a decrease in traffic fatalities for the month of June 2010. Fatalities in June totaled 55 compared to 83 in the same month last year. Eight motorcyclists and seven...
Business Moves
Jul 19 2010 // AJ Gallagher, Bowen, Miclette Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark.,...
Some Question Campaign Run by Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Judge
Jul 7 2010 // The presiding judge of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court has created a furor by choosing to retain his post while running for a job as an Oklahoma County district judge. Some attorneys say Judge Kent Eldridge...
Midlands to Provide Work Comp Program for Oklahoma Restaurants
Jul 6 2010 // Oklahoma City-based Midlands Management Corp. announced it has been selected as the endorsed workers’ compensation program provider for members of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association (ORA). In choosing Midlands as...
Oklahoma Placing Pegasus Insurance into Rehabilitation
Jul 5 2010 // A district court judge has authorized Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland to place Pegasus Insurance Co. into rehabilita-tion. Pegasus specializes in workers’ compensation for professional employer...
People
Jul 5 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected David Wood, vice president and partner at Bogan, Dunlap & Wood Insurance in Odessa, to serve as the association’s president for 2010-2011. Other newly...
Oklahoma to Place Pegasus Insurance into Rehabilitation
Jun 25 2010 // A district court judge has authorized Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland to place Pegasus Insurance Company into rehabilitation. Pegasus specializes in workers’ compensation for professional employer...
