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For questions about other insurance issues, contact the state Insurance department at 1-800-522-0071 or visit its website at www.oid.ok.gov.

Insurers provide $164M+ in premium relief to consumers

News Staff
Thursday, July 23, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY– Almost 100 property and casualty insurance companies operating in Oklahoma have provided their customers with some form of premium relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pecan Valley Waterworks

Pecan Valley Waterworks

Pecan Valley Waterworks eyes rate hike

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 23, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The administrator of Pecan Valley Waterworks, which sells drinking water to 600 homes west of Lawton, expects to refile a rate increase request soon with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. An application to raise the base rate was filed with the commission on Feb.
Libel lawsuit

Libel lawsuit

Doctor’s libel lawsuit lacking a response

Michael Carrier
Thursday, July 23, 2020
A Jenks doctor has filed a libel suit against a Republican political consultant and a legislative opponent who, he claims, distributed political mailings and broadcast television spots that mixed him up with another person with the same name and libeled him. Dr.
American Electric Power (AEP) is proceeding with plans to buy three wind farms

American Electric Power (AEP) is proceeding with plans to buy three wind farms

PSO parent intends to buy 3 wind farms

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 23, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – American Electric Power (AEP) is proceeding with plans to buy three wind farms under construction in north-central Oklahoma. The chief executive officer of the utility, parent of Public Service Co.
YouTube/Free the States This frame from a cellphone video posted on YouTube by the organization Free the States shows State Sen. Larry Boggs, R-Wilburton, right, exchange words with Daniel Navejas of the Ekklesia of Oklahoma, pointing, following a Haskell County GOP meeting July 14.

YouTube/Free the States This frame from a cellphone video posted on YouTube by the organization Free the States shows State Sen. Larry Boggs, R-Wilburton, right, exchange words with Daniel Navejas of the Ekklesia of Oklahoma, pointing, following a Haskell County GOP meeting July 14.

SE Okla. Senate seat runoff turns ugly

Michael Carrier
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Amid claims of threats, police complaints and political ambushes, a GOP Senate runoff race in southeastern Oklahoma has become a bitter, volatile struggle, pitting a group of Guthrie-based abolition extremists, many of whom cannot legally vote in the race, against an incumbent Republican legislator...
Mask mandate in effect for Lawton

Mask mandate in effect for Lawton

Mask mandate in effect for Lawton

Tim Farley
Monday, July 20, 2020
By now, practically everyone in Oklahoma has a mask of their choosing, minus those with medical issues and a minority of individuals who cite liberty for rebellion.
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