Considered the third largest industry in Oklahoma, travel and tourism produced an all-time direct travel spending of $8.9 billion 2014, according to Governor Mary Fallin’s office which based the claim on three major research studies.
Tourism is behind…
Oklahoma’s not alone in dealing with a state government budget that’s hurting because of the worldwide oil glut and the downturn in prices.
As the Wichita Eagle reported this week, so is Kansas and most of the counties struggling in the downtown…
What others are saying about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay the controversial Clean Power Plan of the Environmental and Protection Agency.
Isaac Orr, a research fellow of Energy and Environment Policy at the Heartland Institute, a fr…
The Oklahoma Sierra Club is fighting a new effort by Oklahoma Gas and Electric to win Corporation Commission approval for the installation of scrubbers on its aging Sooner coal-fired power plant at Red Rock. It was only a few months ago when the Commi…
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced over the weekend it finalized a plan to reduce more wastewater injection well operations and started notifiying disposal well operators in an effort to bring about a reduction of earthquakes in the re…
A big week for three Oklahoma based energy companies as we learn more about their financial status during this prolonged oil and gas downturn. Devon Energy, Seventy Seven Energy Inc. and Williams Cos. will release their fourth quarter and full-ye…
Another signal from an OPEC producer sends crude prices skyrocketing on Friday. March West Texas Intermediate crude jumped $3.23 to end trade at $29.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April Brent crude added $3.30 a barrel to settle at $3…
In response to the 5.1 magnitude earthquake striking Oklahoma on Saturday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission released a statement over the weekend signaling the agency was implementing a wide area response. According to the release, the Commission’s …
With what some analysts described as a “deteriorating net income” at Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy, several of the firm’s top executives, including President and CEO David Hager sold off shares this week, according to filings with the Securiti…
Closer and closer to $1 a gallon for gasoline in Oklahoma. Will it happen? The cheapest gasoline in the state, according to Gas Buddy is $1.06 in south Oklahoma City. And more than a dozen stations and convenience stores are pumping gasoline in…
