Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Willis Towers Watson’s Ross and Team to Join Higginbotham in Oklahoma City
May 17 2019 // Higginbotham has forged an agreement with with Willis Towers Watson, under which Fort Worth-based Higginbotham will acquire an Oklahoma City group of insurance professionals led by broker Richard Ross who formerly were...
5 Workers Hurt in Fire, Explosion at Oklahoma Paper Mill
May 15 2019 // Officials say a fire and subsequent explosion at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in eastern Oklahoma injured five workers and left two firefighters with heat exhaustion. Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service operations...
Northeast Oklahoma to See Largest Keystone Dam Release in 26 Years
May 13 2019 // Officials in northeastern Oklahoma are preparing thousands of sandbags ahead of the planned release of the largest amount of water that has run through Keystone Dam in 26 years. The Tulsa World reports that the U.S. Army...
Company Says It Was Told Duck Boats Were OK Before Missouri Sinking
May 13 2019 // An entertainment company that owned a duck boat involved in a fatal sinking on a Missouri lake last summer disputes that an independent investigator told it its vehicles did not comply with a government standard. Ripley...
14 Counties Added to Emergency Declaration in Oklahoma
May 10 2019 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has added 14 counties to an emergency declaration he signed following a series of severe storms that have spawned tornadoes and caused flooding across the state. Stitt on Wednesday amended an...
Oklahoma City Mulls $169.6K Settlement Bricktown Canal Accident Case
May 6 2019 // Officials in Oklahoma City are considering a legal settlement with an Arkansas man who was injured when he jumped into a canal in a downtown entertainment district to rescue another man who died. The Oklahoman reports the...
More States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia’s McKesson Deal
May 6 2019 // McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths — may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the rising...
Oklahoma Supreme Court: Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Unconstitutional
May 6 2019 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 23 struck down a state law that caps monetary damages for pain and suffering in personal injury lawsuits, the latest civil justice measure backed by the Republican-controlled Legislature...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Send Autonomous Vehicle Safety Bill to Governor
May 6 2019 // Oklahoma would establish rules regulating how to safely operate driverless vehicles navigating state highways under a bill passed by Legislature that has been sent to the governor’s office. Autonomous vehicles are...
Declarations
May 6 2019 // Increased Limits “While we wanted to increase the speed limit on our turnpikes and state highways, we also worked to ensure the safety of Oklahoma drivers. … We will use traffic and engineering studies that...
Storms Leave 2 Dead in Oklahoma; More Severe Weather Expected
May 2 2019 // Authorities say a man and woman were killed in separate incidents when severe storms swept across Oklahoma, and officials warned more severe storms are on the way. A 55-year-old man’s body was found May 1 inside his...
Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Bill Passed by Oklahoma Legislature
Apr 29 2019 // Oklahoma would establish rules regulating how to safely operate driverless vehicles navigating state highways under a bill passed by Legislature that has been sent to the governor’s office. Autonomous vehicles are...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Non-Economic Damages Cap
Apr 24 2019 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 23 struck down a state law that caps monetary damages for pain and suffering in personal injury lawsuits, the latest civil justice measure backed by the Republican-controlled Legislature...
Oklahoma Passes Law Hiking Turnpike, Highway Speeds
Apr 22 2019 // Legislation that increases speed limits on Oklahoma turnpikes and some state highways has been signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt. The bill signed by Stitt last week increases turnpike speed limits from 75 to 80 mph and...
Oklahoma Prescription Drug ‘Step Therapy’ Bill Signed Into Law
Apr 18 2019 // A bill intended to protect patients from a harmful insurance practice known as ‘step therapy’ has been signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt. Senate Bill 509, authored by Rep. Cyndi Munson (D-OKC) and Sen....
Oklahoma Bill Increasing Highway Speed Limits Signed by Governor
Apr 18 2019 // Gov. Kevin Stitt today signed a bill into law that will increase the speed limit on Oklahoma turnpikes from 75 to 80 miles per hour and on certain state highways from 70 to 75 miles per hour. Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, is...
Oklahoma Judge: No Jury Trial in Case Against Drugmakers
Apr 16 2019 // An Oklahoma judge has ruled that he, not a jury, will decide the state’s case against several drug manufacturers for their alleged role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis. The attorney general’s office...
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Adds to Weather Woes in Central US
Apr 12 2019 // A storm system known as a “bomb cyclone” slowly churned through the U.S. interior Thursday for the second time in a month, unleashing a blizzard that struck the Upper Midwest and creating hazardous fire...
Kansas Lawmakers OK Bill Allowing Farm Bureau Non-ACA Compliant Health Plan
Apr 7 2019 // Republican lawmakers in Kansas pressed ahead with allowing the state Farm Bureau to offer health coverage to members that doesn’t satisfy the Affordable Care Act, a state-level effort to circumvent an Obama-era law...
AM Best Downgrades Ratings of Tokio Marine GRV Re in Oklahoma City
Apr 7 2019 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “aa+” of Tokio Marine GRV Re Inc....
