Two new leaders were named this week at Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation. T.J. Dill was named the Department’s chief engineer and Steven Gauthe as state maintenance engineer. Dill will serve alongside Brian Taylor, the current ODOT chief engineer in a co-capacity until Taylor’s retirement this coming summer. In this senior position, he will oversee all statewide …
Sen. Lankford is a big ally of Trump’s federal cost-cutting plan
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford, the creator of his Federal Fumbles reports listing frivolous spending by the federal government is a big fan of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency. As a co-founder of the Senate DOGE Caucus, he will meet this week with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to discuss their …
$28 million more in broadband expansion to rural Northeast Oklahoma
The formal launching of Oklahoma’s latest broadband expansion project, one totaling nearly $28 million, came this week in Vinita where the state contracted with BOLT Fiber, a subsidiary of Northeast Rural Services, Inc. which is a division of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative. The $27.7 million involves four projects for high-speed internet expansion. The projects, funded …
Crude oil takes a 2% drop a day after a 2% gain
A bigger than expected slip in U.S. crude oil stockpiles offered some support to prices Wednesday but they still fell nearly 2% because investors remain anxious to learn whether OPEC+ will continue with production cuts. The drop came one day after Brent made its biggest gain in two weeks, rising by 2.5% reported Reuters. Oklahoma …
Crude oil stocks dropped in past week across the U.S.
The nation’s total of crude oil stocks took a plunge of 5 million barrels in the most reporting period, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA showed the nation’s amount of crude oil from from 428.4 million barrels the week of Nov. 22 to 423.4 million barrels in the most recent …
Corporation Commissioner still objects to “one-page” audit of $1.4 billion in ONG Winter Storm bonds
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony is taking issue again for the corporation commission’s one-page so-called “audit” of ONG’s $1.4 billion of 2021 Winter Storm bonds. In a release and filing this week, the Commissioner, whose term will end in mid-January 2025, noted that on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, OCC’s chair Kim David, sent …
Water meter reading malfunction leaves some Guthrie customers with big bills
A lot of water customers in Guthrie were pretty shocked recently when their water bills soared by hundreds of dollars even though their usage did not increase. KOCO TV reported it resulted in the city finally admitting there was a malfunction of meter readings and as a result, estimates were made of water usage for …
Oklahoma firms didn’t make Newsweek’s Most Reliable Companies list
Newsweek is out with its America’s Most Reliable Companies 2025 rankings and sorry, but no Oklahoma companies made the list of 300. Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. , one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, ws ranked 190 on the list recognizing the company’s integrity, commitment to service …
Gas utility customers nationwide aren’t happy with service
A new survey shows gas utility customers aren’t happy with the service they’re getting, not just in Oklahoma but across the U.S. The J.D. Power 2024 Gas Utility Residential customer Satisfaction Study showed the customer satisfaction with billing and payment and customer care “significantly” dropped in the past year. Gas customers in Oklahoma who …
Anti-wind fight could go before Oklahoma legislators
A newly-elected State Representative who believes he unseated a veteran legislator largely because of an anti-wind industry sentiment in Lincoln County says he intends to file anti-wind legislation. The promise was made by Rep. Jim Shaw, of Chandler, who beat incumbent Rep. Kevin Wallace of Wellston and became the sitting legislator in House …
