The President, CEO and director Evergy, Inc. based in Kansas City, Terry Bassham announced he intends to retire this year. He informed the board of his decision and plans to serve until his successor is named. The Board has formed a search committee to complete the company’s CEO succession process. The committee will review …
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) led 49 of his colleagues on a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma encouraging permanent expansion of telehealth services. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, Administrator Verma temporarily expanded requirements for telehealth services to Medicare and Medicaid recipients, allowing both rural …
Oklahoma sent help to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and hit the state. Gov. Kevin Stitt sent an Oklahoma Type III Urban Search and Rescue Team with water rescue capabilities. “In times of need, the State of Louisiana has faithfully stepped up to help our state and …
BESign In Ara Partners, a private equity firm that invests in low-carbon and cost-saving technology, is acquiring a Houston company that makes equipment to clean above ground storage tanks and rail tank cars in a deal estimated at approximately $40 million reported the Houston Chronicle. The company, Path Environmental Technology, employs about 75 workers and …
More than 200 workers will lose their jobs at Aramark’s National Center for Employee Development in Norman because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 40 AVIS workers in Tulsa are losing theirs too. The uniform-supplying company notified Oklahoma’s Office of Workforce Development with the required WARN or Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter. The notice …
A federal judge this week stayed part of his ruling tossing oil and gas leases in Wyoming greater sage-grouse habitat, but suspended oil and gas operations on the parcels pending an appeal. Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in May tossed out 440 oil and gas leases in …
The oil and gas industry makes it clear to Colorado regulators who are considering revamping state rules that local governments should control decisions about the impact of oil and gas production. Colorado’s two largest oil and gas producers, Occidental Petroleum and Noble Energy, told the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission that under a …
Running for the Texas Railroad Commission, Republican Jim Wright finds himself under fire over state environmental rules and lawsuits that accused him of fraud in the oil and gas industry. The owner of an oilfield waste services company, Wright denies wrongdoing and blames his problems on a Democratic Party smear job according to a …
** The federal government can be sued for negligence in the Flint water crisis, a judge said Wednesday, citing the failure of regulators to timely act as good Samaritans and blow the whistle on lead in the water supply. The decision comes days after the state of Michigan said it’s willing to pay $600 million to settle a …
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told reporters this week the agency had not yet made a decision on 2021 Renewable Volume Obligations or on small refiner waiver requests. Wheeler could not assure that the agency will decide the 2021 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) by the Nov. 30 deadline due to the impact of the COVID-19 …
