March 7, 2022 archive

EV makers focusing on Arkansas

  Arkansas is quickly becoming an electric vehicle industry hot spot. Canoo, the California-based EV maker that is building a factor near Pryor, Oklahoma also plans to construct a plant near Bentonville, Arkansas. Writer Marty Cook penned about it in Arkansas Business. Click here for Arkansas Business

New Senior VP named at ONE Gas

    ONE Gas announced the promotion of Kent Shortridge to serve as the firm’s senior vice president of operations and customer service. He had been the company’s managing vice president of operations since March 2018. His new appointment was effective March 1 of this year. Shortridge previously was vice president of operations at Oklahoma …

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Solar program expanded at Kansas military post

  Fort Riley, Kansas is getting added solar energy power to its residential buildings on post. Corvias, a long-term solutions and management partner to the U.S. military, achieved a significant milestone in its energy conservation efforts following the installation and activation of approximately 350 additional solar systems as part of its second phase of its …

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OGE to hold “virtual” shareholders meeting

  OGE Energy Corp. plans to hold its annual meeting of shareholders in mid-May and despite an improvement in COVID-19 cases nationally, it will be a virtual gathering and not an in-person meeting. In a preliminary proxy statement filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the meeting will be held at 10 …

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Rep. Lucas raises concerns about White House is skirting records laws

  Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas is again raising concerns about ongoing toxic workplace allegations at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. He and Kentucky Rep. James Comer, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform question whether leadership at the Office are using technology to skirt federal records laws and …

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