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Data Sources: Official annual actuarial reports from each of the public pension systems.

Pension COLA for State retirees passed by House, sent to Senate

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Most retired state civil servants would receive an increase in their pensions under a measure the Oklahoma House of Representatives endorsed unanimously and referred to the state Senate.

Department of Corrections Provides Free ’Phone Calls

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

As compensation for suspending all visitation and volunteer access to state penal institutions effective March 13, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections inked an agreement to provide every inmate with two free 5-minute-long telephone calls each week.

Casinos in Oklahoma

Gaming mediation extended due to courthouse closings

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — With courthouses closing across Oklahoma due to the spread of COVID-19, a federal judge is allowing more time for gaming compact talks. On Tuesday, Judge Timothy DeGuisti issued an order extending mediation between Gov. Kevin Stitt and a dozen Oklahoma gaming tribes through May 31.

Oklahoma Workers Compensation Commission

State worker's comp cases will be delayed

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans who have cases before the state’s Workers Compensation Commission will have to wait to have their cases heard. At least for a while.

Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Delay in changing funding formula helps 4 SW Okla. districts

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Department of Education has delayed changing the way it determines funding for rural and low-income schools, preserving almost $133,000 that was allocated to four southwest Oklahoma school districts.

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Oklahoma’s state Capitol building closed to the public

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s state Capitol building will be closed to the general public during the Covid-19 outbreak, legislative leaders said Monday, adding that government services, though, would continue.

COVID-19

Urging all Oklahomans to exercise good judgment and extreme caution

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Hominy), chairman of the Public Health Committee in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, urges all Oklahomans to exercise good judgment and extreme caution regarding COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Oklahoma History Center

History Center joins magazine’s 16th annual Museum Day

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma History Center will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticketholders on Saturday April 4, 2020, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 16th annual Museum Day.

Virus, oil prices could slow lawmakers' bill, budget efforts

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – While Oklahoma lawmakers, nearing the halfway point to the 2020 legislative session, still have several hundred more bills to examine, those efforts could be hampered by the continued spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Message from State Health Department

FAQs about COVID-19 from the state health department

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

What are the symptoms of COVID-19? For confirmed COVID-19 infections, reported illnesses have ranged from people being mildly sick to people being severely ill and dying. Symptoms can include fever, cough and shortness of breath.

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