Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma House Unanimously Passes Cybercrime Bill
Mar 16 2021 // A bill to address a growing trend of cybercrime unanimously passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 10 with a vote of 92 to 0. House Bill 1759, authored by Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, updates language in...
Oklahoma Contractor Again Cited for Trenching Hazards, Fined $205.5K
Mar 12 2021 // Federal officials have cited an Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing its employees to trenching and excavation hazards, violations for which it has been cited previously. OSHA cited Cherokee Pride Construction...
Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act
Mar 8 2021 // Concerned about data privacy and data manipulation, the Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed an opt-in data privacy bill with a bipartisan vote of 85 to 11. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill 1602,...
Oklahoma Building Products Supplier Ordered to Reinstate Whistleblowers, Pay Damages
Mar 3 2021 // An Oklahoma City roofing and building products company has been ordered to reinstate two employees and pay more than $23,000 in back wages to each employee and $70,000 in punitive damages in a workplace safety...
Worker Injuries Rise as Oklahoma Pork Plant Speeds Up Slaughtering
Feb 23 2021 // One of America’s leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant worker Hector Ixquier says it’s time to slow...
Oklahoma Injection Wells Closed or Reduced After 4.2 Magnitude Quake
Feb 22 2021 // The injection of wastewater into underground wells by oil and natural gas producers has been stopped or reduced in the area where a magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in northern Oklahoma early on Feb. 19. The Oklahoma...
Oklahoma Legislation Would Require Tornado Safety Information in Hotels
Feb 18 2021 // Under legislation passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, new or renovated hotels and motels would be required to tornado safety information in every room and common areas. Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader,...
Applied Underwriters Acquires Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance
Feb 16 2021 // Applied Underwriters’ affiliate, North American Casualty Co., has completed its acquisition of Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Co. (OP&C). Applied Underwriters plans to make various...
Opt-In Data Privacy Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma
Feb 10 2021 // Bipartisan legislation to address concerns over data privacy and data manipulation unanimously passed out of the Oklahoma House Technology Committee with a vote of 6 to 0. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill...
Texas Rail Services Firm Faces $419K Fine After Oklahoma Workers’ Deaths
Feb 10 2021 // A Texas-based rail products and services company has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for violations that resulted in the deaths of two workers at a site in Hugo, Oklahoma. An investigation by the U.S....
Northern Oklahoma Rattled by Small Earthquakes
Feb 7 2021 // A series of small earthquakes believed by seismologists to be caused by the underground injection of wastewater from oil and gas production continued to rattle northern Oklahoma on Feb. 6. Four quakes occurred Saturday...
Ashwood Named Oklahoma Captive Insurance Coordinator
Feb 4 2021 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has appointed Donald Ashwood as captive coordinator, a position in which he will coordinate increased activity with captive insurers in Oklahoma. Ashwood joined the OID in 2014 and...
Oklahoma’s Vaughan Insurance Group Merges with Higginbotham
Feb 3 2021 // Higginbotham, an independent insurance firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, and Vaughan Insurance Group, a commercial insurance firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have merged operations. This gives Higginbotham a second location in...
NTSB Probes Deadly Oklahoma House Fire; Gas Pipeline Involved
Feb 1 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it is investigating a house fire that killed four people, including two firefighters, in the northwestern part of the state. The agency launched the investigation...
Oklahoma AG Seeks $1.8M from Vendor After Failed PPE Order
Jan 26 2021 // State Attorney General Mike Hunter is seeking more than $1.8 million from a company he says owes that state after failing to deliver four orders of personal protective equipment (PPE) ordered by the Oklahoma Department of...
Oklahoma Dairy Recalls Contaminated Milk Given to Children
Jan 20 2021 // Oklahoma schools are advising people to throw away milk products received from districts after a dairy company recalled its chocolate milk because some of it may have been contaminated. Hiland Dairy is recalling 4,800...
Oklahoma Judge Extends Curfew Reprieve for Bars, Restaurants
Jan 11 2021 // An Oklahoma judge has extended a temporary restraining order allowing bars and restaurants across Oklahoma to stay open past an 11 p.m. curfew issued in November by Gov. Kevin Stitt in an effort to slow the spread of the...
Oklahoma Lobbyists to Pay $115K in Ethics Settlement
Jan 8 2021 // Two Oklahoma lobbyists have agreed to pay $115,000 in penalties as part of a settlement announced by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. The settlements by the commission were reached with lobbyists James Milner and James...
Bailey Appointed General Counsel at Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jan 7 2021 // Kim Bailey has been named general counsel for the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), effective Jan. 19, 2021. Bailey currently serves as general counsel and chief operating officer at the Oklahoma State Department of...
Oklahoma Fire Department Earns Highest ISO Protection Classification
Jan 4 2021 // The Norman Fire Department in Oklahoma has achieved the highest Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating from the Insurance Service Office (ISO), the insurance department reported. The ISO rates over 50,000 fire...
