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Campaign to Bring Small Businesses Back
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will be among the speakers on Friday at a “Bring Small Business Back” event in Oklahoma City. The Job Creators Network is hosting the event on the campus of Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. The governor and JCN President and Chief Executive Officer Alfredo Ortiz …
Oil and Gas Sector Still Losing Jobs in Oklahoma
The latest jobless figures in Oklahoma continue showing a loss of energy jobs in the state in the month of August, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Overall unemployment rates went up during the month in 73 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. They were lower in two and unchanged in two others. Stephens County …
State Legislators Probe Privacy Issues of Drones
From fighting fires to checking pipelines, drones are quickly becoming a part of commercial enterprises throughout Oklahoma and the country. But what about privacy laws and drones? “Do we need privacy laws? Like never before,” declared Stephen Henderson, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma who testified this week before an interim State …
North Dakota Archaeologists Find No Trace of Burial Grounds in Pipeline Path
The State of North Dakota has dealt a blow to those Native Americans protesting construction of a nearly $4 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline near their land where they claim burial grounds and other artifacts were present. A state inspection of the oil pipeline site has found no sign of such Native American artifacts or …
Zero Emission Tax Credits to be Reviewed by State’s Evaluation Commission
The Oklahoma group tasked with reviewing tax credits and their value as the state government wrestles with dwindling revenues meets Thursday to take up the issue of the Zero Emission Tax Credit., It will be one of the main items on the latest meeting of the Incentive Evaluation Commission. The meeting agenda says thee …
McClendon Estate Denies Claims of Charities
The estate of the late Aubrey McClendon continues rejecting claims of the hundreds of groups and businesses that contend they are owed money following the energy leader’s death in March 2016. A report in The Oklahoman indicates two charities are the latest to see their claims rejected. The estate denied a $500,000 claim by the …
Senator Calls OSHA Another “out of control agency” that Needs to be Stopped
“This is another example of why the American people don’t trust the federal government.” Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb) Nebraska Sen. Deb Fisher delivered a scathing attack Wednesday on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violating federal laws when it issued new standards for anhydrous ammonia storage in 2015. In remarks on the Senate …
Hamm Calls Clinton’s Solar Energy Plan “Silliest Thing I’ve Ever Heard”
“The silliest thing I’ve ever heard.” It’s what Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm says of Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s energy plan to install 500,000 solar energy panels to produce electricity in the U.S. Interviewed by Stuart Varney on the Fox News Business Channel, Hamm scoffed at the idea. “This is a very shallow energy plan,” …
Sierra Club’s Saturday Summit to Focus on State’s Solar Power Capacity
The Oklahoma Sierra Club will sponsor a Saturday Summit in Oklahoma City on Saturday featuring Solar Energy. Attorney and former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth, Pawnee Mayor Brad Sewell, Oklahoma City Councilman Ed Shadid and several solar executives will speak during the October 1 event to be held in the south conference room of …
Opponents and Supporters of EPA’s Clean Power Plan Await Court Ruling
State Attorney General Scott Pruitt and 27 other attorneys general await a decision of a D-C Circuit Court of Appeals following a Tuesday hearing into their challenge of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, one they call overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt was on hand for the hearing which could result in the …