May 29, 2025 archive

Rocket fuel factory will be built near Fort Sill

    Lawton is going to be home to a Firehawk Aerospace rocket fuel factory. Joining Gov. Kevin Stitt Wednesday for the announcement, the Texas-based company’s CEO Will Edwards explained the 3D-printed factory will be the first of its kind in the U.S. “This is a strategic investment in the future of U.S. energetics and propulsion …

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Industry attracting bill becomes new Oklahoma law

  A new state law approved by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has a goal of attracting capital investment and high-wage manufacturing jobs to the state with the construction of a $4 billion aluminum smeltering plant Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton praised the final passage of House Bill 2781, landmark legislation establishing the Reindustrialize Oklahoma Act (ROA-25). …

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OGE awards scholarships to high school seniors

  OG&E and the OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc. recently announced three high school seniors as the 2025 OGE Positive Energy Scholars with an exciting surprise celebration for each student at their schools. They are from Byng and Oklahoma City. 2025 OGE Positive Energy Scholars: Abbey Sieg, Mount St. Mary Catholic High School – Oklahoma City, …

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Regulators’ latest non-public meeting

    In another closed-door meeting where the public was not notified, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners discussed the agency’s current organizational structure and performance of roles. At the May 21 meeting which lasted 16 minutes, the three commissioners, Kim David, Todd Hiett and Brian Bingman also discussed “processes for staff communications/updates to Commissioners,” according to the …

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Energy briefs

** EV battery recycling company Li-Cycle files for bankruptcy, putting up for sale an operation that includes a massive unfinished recycling center in western New York and five satellite battery shredding facilities. ** Meyer Burger lays off as many as 350 employees at its solar panel assembly facility that opened last year in Goodyear, Arizona. …

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