The transportation bill signed into law this week by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt drew thanks from OIPA-OKOGA President Chad Warmington. He commented after the governor signed House Bill 2676 which provides another $30 million to the county roads and bridges improvement fund. OK Energy Today reported earlier this week about the governor’s action. “Oklahoma’s oil …
Oklahoma’s only Democratic U.S. Representative is drawing a Republican opponent. State Sen. Stephanie Bice announced Wednesday she intends to run for the GOP nomination in a bid to unseat Congresswoman Kendra Horn, the Democrat who upset GOP Rep. Steve Russell last fall. Bice says she will campaign against Horn by linking her to the socialist …
You would be smiling too if your company just slipped you millions in help. Just before Chevron Corp. announced its $33 billion buyout offer of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Anadarko’s board of directors gave big raises to its senior executives. The move was made one day before the announcement and it put Chief Executive Officer Al …
The J.B. Hunt truck line held its annual Million Mile Celebration event this week and handed out $750,000 in bonuses to the 53 drovers who surpassed, two, three and four million safe miles in their careers. Each driver’s bonus was based on the total miles achieved for the company headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas. “Drivers like …
Devon Energy has filed its annual meeting proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing was made Wednesday in preparation for the June 5 annual meeting that will be held at the Devon Energy Center Auditorium, 333 W. Sheridan Ave. in Oklahoma City. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. The company asked …
One of the bills signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt this week bans any municipal tax on plastic and paper bags. Senate Bill 1001 was created after the city of Norman proposed a 5-cent-a-bag tax on plastic bags as a way of reducing pollution and litter. The governor’s action was opposed by Norman …
The newly created town called Carlton Landing near Lake Eufaula has run into environmental issues with the State and now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps has stopped building projects on public land at the town because the town’s water district pumped millions of gallons of water from its sewage lagoons onto Corp …
Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed expert witness testimony in Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s most recent rate case where he is asking regulators for a $32 million rate reduction for customers. In its filing last December, OG&E asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for an annual rate increase of nearly $78 million. The company is …
The Dallas Fort Worth airport has become the largest airport in the world and the first in North America to become a carbon neutral airport. “Our initial goal was to reduce our CO2 emissions per passenger by 15 percent by 2020. We were able to achieve this goal two years ahead of schedule, and as …
The B-1B Lancer bombers should be flying in and out of Tinker Air Force base again after being grounded for the past month because of concerns over the plane’s ejection seats. The entire fleet had been grounded by Gen. Timothy Ray, who is commander of the Global Strike Command in late March. Concerns focused on …
