April 15, 2018 archive

Corporation Commissioner Murphy Makes Run for Lt. Gov.

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy opted out of running for re-election this year and is making a run for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor. She was first elected to the Commission in 2008 and won re-election in 2016 to a third term. Murphy previously operated a private law firm that focused on oil and …

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Seven File for Two Corporation Commission Seats

A whopping 794 candidates filed for federal and state offices at the conclusion of last week’s 3-day filing period at the State Capitol. The State Election Board indicated it beat the old record of 594 set in 2006. Energy related filings totaled 7 candidates for Oklahoma Corporation Commission.  Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony, a Republican filed …

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A Call for a 7% Gross Production Tax in Oklahoma

  When we carried a story last week about the reaction of Moody’s to an increase in Oklahoma’s gross production tax on oil and gas, one oil producer responded by writing the increase should have been more. Our headline was “Oil and Gas Groups Didn’t like the Tax Hikes—Moody’s Did.”  But Everett Moran of Moran …

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Inhofe’s Legacy Grows at EPA

The U.S. Senate confirmation of lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to be number two in charge of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rang up another name linked to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim  Inhofe. Wheeler, a lobbyist for the coal industry is also a former staffer to Inhofe. He was chief counsel for Sen. Inhofe from 1995 to …

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Mullin’s Role in Facebook Hearing

While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went before Congress last week, Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin played a role. He is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee where Zuckerberg testified on Wednesday. In his weekly newsletter, Rep. Mullin  took note of the testimony. “On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing …

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