May 21, 2020 archive

Jobless can apply on line for Oklahoma benefits

Oklahomans eligible for 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits may now file online at https://ui.ok.gov. The federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program is designed for individuals who have exhausted regular benefits. Eligible claimants will receive an additional 13 weeks of relief for the period of March 29, 2020, through the week ending December 26, …

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NGL sets date to release earnings report

NGL Energy Partners LP plans to issue its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2020 earnings press release post-market close on Monday, June 1, 2020 . Members of NGL’s management team intend to host an earnings call following this release on Monday, June 1, 2020 at 5:00 pm CDT to discuss its financial results. NGL …

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More layoffs hit Oklahoma including shutdown of aerospace plant

  While Oklahoma’s energy industry has endured thousands of layoffs in the coronavirus pandemic and the oil crisis, so have other industries including chain stores in the state. The latest to be told their jobs will soon end are employees of a Dillard’s store in Lawton and an aircraft manufacturing plant in Tulsa. Tulsa operations …

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Dems support tribe’s efforts to shut down Dakota Access oil pipeline

  Some of the same Democrats who ran for President and came out against the oil and gas industry and called for a ban of hydraulic fracking are among those supporting a tribe’s effort to shut down the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline in North Dakota. At least three dozen congressional Democrats are backing the …

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Rural broadband bill vetoed by OK Gov. Stitt

A bill that would have created a Rural Broadband Expansion Council in Oklahoma was vetoed this week by Gov. Kevin Stitt who called it “unnecessary and redundant.” House Bill 4018 was reportedly the measure at the heart of a budget fight between legislators and the governor.  Governor Stitt had said digital transformation was a “top …

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