Nearly $27 million in federal transportation funding has been announced for the Cherokee Nation and the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma. The funds are part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant program as part of President Biden’s Investing in American Agenda. The Seminole Nation is getting $25,523,382 to build …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and a handful of other Senators are taking on the Federal Communications Commission and an order it issued to control the broadband industry. Lankford and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Utah Sen. .Mike Lee introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s …
Retired Air Force three-star General Thomas Stafford, the astronaut whose hometown was Weatherford, Oklahoma died this week. Stafford, who commanded the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, was 93 when he died on Monday. He was part of four space missions and before Apollo 10, he flew on two Gemini flights. One of them was the …
A bill that is still considered a “live round” in the Oklahoma legislature would give per diem expenses and reimbursement for mileage to certain statewide election officers, many who are paid more than $100,000 a year. Senate Bill 1388 was authored by Sen. Jessica Garvin of Duncan. “This was a request bill. This came …
** After coming under attack from both environmentalists and investors in the first half of his seven-year tenure at the helm of Exxon Mobil Corp., Darren Woods is on the offensive. ** Sacramento has taken proactive steps to accelerate the phasing out of dirty-fuel-powered vehicles in the city, announcing a plan to ban new gas stations. That …
After three weeks, the Texas Panhandle wildfires that killed three persons and left dead thousands of livestock, are completely contained. The largest of the fires, the SmokeHouse Creek fire which swept into western Oklahoma, is reported totally under control. It was Saturday when Texas A&M Forest Service announced the fire was 100% contained after …
Four-thousand acres. It’s the size of a solar farm proposed by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe based in Towaoc, Colorado. Located in the very southwest corner of Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation wants to feature 2.2 million solar panels in the more than $1 billion project. It will be eight miles long and one …
Ever since a Tulsa federal judge ruled against Enel Green Power and ordered it to remove 84 wind turbines built several years ago in Osage County, Enel has been racking up the legal bills. According to energy and political writer Robert Bryce, the wind energy company is fighting the judge’s order, a ruling that …
The Office of the Attorney General added four more counts of embezzlement against Oklahoma contractor Benjamin Moore in Pottawatomie County District Court. Moore was charged in October with nine counts of felony embezzlement and a pattern of criminal offenses following an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Consumer Protection Unit. Initially, Moore was accused of …
A day after Tulsa’s Vital Energy announced a $575 billion senior note offering, the company increased it to $800 million. The newest offering involves 7.875% senior notes due 2032 at 100% of par and is expected to close March 28. Vital intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, if completed, together with …