Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Measure to Privatize Oklahoma’s Compsource Dead for the Year
Apr 5 2010 // While a number workers’ compensation reform bills have made progress in the Oklahoma legislature this year, proposed measures that would have privatized the state agency that serves as the workers’ compensation...
Survey: Midwest Economy Shows Modest Growth Trends
Apr 2 2010 // Business conditions in the Midwest are generally on an upward swing, according to a survey of supply managers and business leaders in the region. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group, directed by Creighton University...
State Rep.: Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Court Officials Should Go
Apr 1 2010 // Saying the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court has for years stonewalled legislative records requests, state Rep. Mike Reynolds has called for the dismissal of the court’s administrator, Marcia Davis, and...
Oklahoma GOP Forges Ahead With Workers’ Comp Overhaul
Mar 18 2010 // Oklahoma Senate Republicans are continuing their push to completely overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation laws, arguing the system is too expensive for businesses. The Senate Judiciary Committee has...
Measure to Privatize Oklahoma’s Compsource Dead for the Year
Mar 12 2010 // The author of legislation authorizing the sale of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance agency said he does not have enough votes to pass it in the state House and that the bill appears dead for the...
Worker’s Compensation Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate
Mar 11 2010 // The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill aimed at worker’s compensation system reform, SB 1973, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. Provisions of SB 1973 include: Decreases the number of Worker’s...
Bill Authorizes Towing of Uninsured Vehicles in Oklahoma
Mar 10 2010 // Oklahoma motorists who drive without insurance could have their vehicles impounded under a bill approved in the Oklahoma House. The House voted 87-8 for House Bill 2331 by Rep. Steve Martin, a Bartlesville...
Okla. to Receive Federal Aid for Ice Storm
Mar 8 2010 // The White House has approved Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry’s request for a major disaster declaration for the Jan. 28 ice storm. Under the declaration issued March 5, 25 counties will receive public assistance for...
Bill to Sell CompSource Oklahoma Advances but Objections Mount
Mar 7 2010 // The Oklahoma House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee has advanced a bill that would privatize CompSource Oklahoma, a state agency that serves as the insurance resource of last resort for workers’...
Package of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform Bills Passes House
Mar 4 2010 // Legislation aimed at reforming the Oklahoma workers’ compensation system has passed the state’s House of Representatives. House Bills 1611, 2652, 2658 and 2659 now move to the Senate for consideration. The...
Optional Insurance for Oklahoma Lawmakers Approved in House
Mar 3 2010 // The Oklahoma House has passed legislation allowing lawmakers to opt out of the state employees group health and life insurance plans. House members voted 92-4 for the bill and sent it on to the Senate for...
If Oklahoma Is Negligent, Motorists Get Compensated
Mar 2 2010 // For the drivers whose vehicles were damaged by concrete falling from an Interstate 44 bridge in Oklahoma recently, Tulsa resident Robin Cameron knows what might lie ahead. On Christmas Day 2008, Cameron and her daughter...
Legislation to Ban Texting While Driving Advances in Oklahoma
Mar 1 2010 // A measure in Oklahoma that places limits on texting while driving has passed out of the House Public Safety Committee. The measure would also prohibit young drivers from using a cell phone to talk or text while the vehicle...
Oklahoma AG Opposes Sale of Workers’ Comp Agency
Feb 26 2010 // A proposal to sell Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance agency could force businesses to pay higher rates and make the insurance unaffordable for new and high-risk employers, according to Attorney General...
Insurance Agent to Run for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Post
Feb 25 2010 // A Tulsa, Okla.-area insurance agent says he plans to run for state insurance commissioner this fall. Republican John Doak said he plans to mount a statewide campaign for the job now held by Insurance Commissioner Kim...
CompSource Oklahoma Opposes Sale-to-Highest Bidder Bills
Feb 25 2010 // Responding to the recent filing of House Bill 2662 and Senate Bill 2232 in Oklahoma, CompSource Oklahoma, the state’s workers’ compensation fund, opposes both bills, which call for the sale of CompSource to the...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Seeking to Become Standalone Entity
Feb 19 2010 // A measure to make the Oklahoma Insurance Department a non-appropriated agency has passed the state Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. David Myers, author of Senate Bill 1658, says his legislation, which was requested by...
Workers’ Comp Reform Measures Advance in Oklahoma House
Feb 18 2010 // Oklahoma State Representative Dan Sullivan wants employers “to know that we’re open for business in Oklahoma.” Sullivan, a driving force behind Oklahoma workers’ compensation reform in the...
Fault System Found Under Jones, Oklahoma
Feb 17 2010 // New detectors have found fault lines in the Jones, Okla., area, where dozens of small earthquakes have been recorded since last year. “There’s definitely some kind of fault system there,” said Austin...
Workers’ Comp Bills Move Out of Oklahoma Senate Committee
Feb 17 2010 // Two measures aimed at reforming Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system have passed out of the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee. Both bills were authored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. The...
