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Adidas cleared for 3B euros in rescue loans

News Staff
Monday, April 20, 2020
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Sports gear and shoe company Adidas has been approved for a 3 billion-euro rescue loan by the German government. That amounts to $3.3 billion. The state-owned development bank would contribute most of the loan and partner banks would come up with the rest.
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Global economy

IMF: Global economy will suffer worst year since Depression

News Staff
Monday, April 20, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says. The IMF expects the global economy to shrink 3% this year before rebounding in 2021 with 5.8% growth.
Ledger photo by Chris Martin The bridge on SH-5 that spans the North Fork of the Red River at the Jackson/Tillman county line west of Tipton, along with a nearby overflow bridge, are scheduled to be replaced. The Oklahoma Transportation Com- mission awarded a $7,189,781 contract on the project to Bridgeco Contractors of Wellston. The existing structures will remain standing while a new two-lane bridge is built, but will be demolished after the work is finished, according to Jackson Mayberry of the Oklahoma

Ledger photo by Chris Martin The bridge on SH-5 that spans the North Fork of the Red River at the Jackson/Tillman county line west of Tipton, along with a nearby overflow bridge, are scheduled to be replaced. The Oklahoma Transportation Com- mission awarded a $7,189,781 contract on the project to Bridgeco Contractors of Wellston. The existing structures will remain standing while a new two-lane bridge is built, but will be demolished after the work is finished, according to Jackson Mayberry of the Oklahoma

Jackson County highway bridges to be repaired

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 20, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – More than $2 million will be spent to rehabilitate two bridges on US-62 near Altus and Duke.
Photo provided Texas longhorn cattle in range land on the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Photo provided Texas longhorn cattle in range land on the Oklahoma Panhandle.

OSU estimates $13B-plus in losses to cattle industry

Staff Reports
Monday, April 20, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A study conducted by Oklahoma State University estimates that the U.S. cattle industry lost an estimated $13.6 billion by early April because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medicaid

Medicaid

State Medicaid expansion vote set

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 20, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – An expansion of Medicaid services to more low-income Oklahomans will be submitted to voters statewide on June 30. Gov. Kevin Stitt, an avowed opponent of SQ 802, issued a proclamation last Friday to place the measure on the statewide primary election ballot.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Dustin Biven

U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Dustin Biven

Checking temperatures before assignment

News Staff
Monday, April 20, 2020
Recent graduates from Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sill lined up in 6-foot increments last week and were screened for flu-like symptoms before they were loaded up and transported to their first unit assignment.
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