Oklahoma U.S. Sen.. Markwayne Mullin made it clear in a recent Senate hearing that states and municipalities should have the flexibility to direct their government funds without being burdened by what he sees as restrictive regulatory conditions. He said too often, there are too many strings attached to the federal funding of water projects. …
Crude oil prices were largely unchanged at the end of Monday’s trading while Oklahoma energy stocks recorded losses. The global benchmark held above the $90 a barrel it reached last week for the first time in 10 months. Brent crude finished down 1 cent at $90.64 in trading on ICE Futures Europe. U.S. benchmark, West …
How about the soothing cooler weather that enveloped the entire state of Oklahoma Monday? Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus, in his Monday Mesonet report suggested the day could have turned out to be the first one in 57 days where the temperature, somewhere in the state, did not reach 90 degrees. He suggested there is a …
In Washington this week, Congress will not only return to work but a federal appeals court will hear challenges to the Biden administration’s efforts to curb tailpipe emissions. It could mean the cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Three challenges were …
Oklahoma City is considered among the top ten cities in the nation with pro-growth policies, according to a new report. The “Free Cities Index” of the nation’s most 50 populous cities was released by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. The five cities implementing the most pro-growth …
Two major airlines, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, announced extended seasonal service to Florida from Oklahoma City, just in time for fall and winter breaks. “We’ve been targeting more non-stop service to Florida from OKC, and these additional non-stops to Orlando and Miami provide the service our market is looking for,” said Jeff Mulder, …
Representatives of the Pueblo Nation traveled to Washington this week as the U.S. House returned to work to lobby against a bill that would allow oil and gas drilling around the historic Greater Chaco Canyon in northern New Mexico. The 20 Pueblos are members of the All Pueblo Council of Governors. The council opposes …
Not only was the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, Colorado recently fined again by the EPA, but it was ordered to buy $600,000 in clean lawn equipment for metro-Denver counties with excess ozone. The fine totaled $161,000 for production of gasoline with too many pollutants in 2021. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency …
Boeing in Oklahoma is gaining more employees who are being relocated from operations in Long Beach, California. The workers were given the option of either moving to operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Georgia where additional staffing was needed or lose their jobs. A total of about 250 jobs are being filled following a …
Some school districts in Kansas have come out swinging against a plan by Evergy to increase its electric rates. The schools contend the increase will mean higher costs for them and could also result in larger class sizes. They claim it will result in the hiring of fewer teachers. Evergy is asking for a …
