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New medical fee schedule

New medical fee schedule adopted for workers' comp

News Staff

Thursday, May 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Legislature has approved a proposed new workers’ compensation medical fee schedule submitted by the Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) which will go into effect July 1.

New procedure for marriage licenses

Comanche Co. Court Clerk announces new procedures for marriage licenses

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, May 28, 2020

LAWTON – The coronavirus pandemic has prompted modification of marriage license application procedures at the Comanche County Court Clerk’s office. For one thing, “We will issue marriage licenses only to Comanche County residents and to Fort Sill Army personnel,” Court Clerk Robert Morales said.

Gov. Stitt signs Roberts’ HB 2588

News Staff

Thursday, May 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation allowing Oklahoma courts to grant guardians the power to consent to with drawing or withholding life-sustaining procedures through a separate order was signed into law by the governor last week. House Bill 2588 was authored by State Rep.

Ex-pharmacist sentenced

Ex-pharmacist sentenced for medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, May 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The former owner of drug stores in Mangum and Granite was sentenced to prison and ordered to make nearly $1.1 million in restitution for his guilty plea to a state and federal health care fraud scheme.

Elgin High School against Eisenhower in 2019.

OSSAA rejects reopening plan

Michael Kinney

Thursday, May 28, 2020

In a decision that caught many people off-guard, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association board of directors rejected their own association’s reopening proposal Friday. The plan called for a slow reintegration of high school sports in three phases that would have begun June 1.

Juvenile justice

Governor signs juvenile justice protection bill

News Staff

Thursday, May 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The governor signed a bill to protect children ages 12 and younger from being placed in a state juvenile detention facility unless all alternatives have been exhausted and the child is charged with an offense that would be classified as a felony if committed by an adult.

The Little Washita Site 19 upstream flood control dam in Comanche County.

State to sell $17.5M in bonds to rehab 12 upstream dams

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, May 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Legislature this year authorized the sale of $17.5 million in bonds to finance repairs and rehabilitation of several high-hazard upstream flood control dams.

File illustration by Bryan M. Richter, Jobless rates in Oklahoma soar

State jobless rate soars to 13.7%, its highest jump in decade

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The jobless rate in Oklahoma shot up almost 11 percentage points in one month, from 2.9% in March to 13.7% in April, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Pensions systems

Funded status of 5 state pension systems above 80%

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

According to a nationwide public fund survey conducted in FY 2017, the average public pension plan at that time was funded at 71.9%. Six of Oklahoma’s state pension plans exceeded that level last year, and the seventh was within 1 percentage point of it.

Boosted pensions

State government retirees to get COLA

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Most state retirees will receive bigger pension checks soon, with enactment of a cost-of-living-adjustment measure. Gov.

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