He sued the state over an electric car tax and now Gary Richardson, the former U.S. Attorney running for Governor in Oklahoma is encouraged by this week’s Supreme court ruling striking down a cigarette tax. “We are encouraged by the Supreme Court upholding the intent of SQ 640, which was passed by the voters in …
An attorney who publicly released internal emails from Monsanto about its alleged cancer-causing weedkillers is in trouble with a California judge. The attorney is one of those who sued Monsanto over its Roundup herbicide, the same herbicide that is at the center of two Oklahoma City federal court lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered attorney …
Another Obama-era energy-related rule has been scrapped by the Trump administration. This time, it is a rule on coal royalties, one that coal and mining companies had opposed, calling it costly and burdensome. The Interior Department did away with the royalty valuation rule but the elimination won’t be effective until Sept. 6 because of the …
Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein won’t have to spend time in jail for her protest nearly a year ago of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. North Dakota Judge Gail Hagerty accepted a plea deal sparing Stein from serving time behind bars. She pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief and in …
Oil and gas exploration companies apparently are eagerly awaiting the date of November 1st in Oklahoma. That’s when under a new law, they will be allowed to drill horizontal wells up to two miles long in all layers and will no longer be limited to one mile. As The Oklahoman quoted one driller, “Long …
Oil futures retreated on Thursday as domestic prices failed to remain above $50 a barrel as OPEC reported that crude production rose in July, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. September West Texas Intermediate crude shed 97 cents, or 2%, to settle at $48.59 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. October Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell …
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The state’s preparing to release an Oklahoma Aviation and Aerospace Economic Impact Study on Monday. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission will release the report Aug. 14 during a 2 p.m. news conference at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Gov. Mary Fallin will be joined by Transportation Secretary Mike Patterson, Adjutant general Brigadier Gen. Louis …
Following last weekend’s tornadoes and floods that hit northeast Oklahoma, State Attorney General Mike Hunter announced the implementation of the Emergency Price Stabilization Act in effect for Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa and Wagoner counties. His move aimed against price gouging followed a state of emergency declared Wednesday by Gov. Mary Fallin. It targets those who want …
Harold Hamm can’t stop smiling no doubt as his Continental Resources continues to drill well after well in Oklahoma’s STACK, and find success. With 171,000 acres of leasehold in Oklahoma’s STACK, Hamm’s Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources has brought in four more wells. While they are nothing like the Verona drilled last year with 3,300 Boed …
