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Prescription squabble resolution seems near

News Staff

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the wake of conversations with large employers and CVS/Caremark, “Remedies are coming to nearly 300,000 Oklahomans impacted by Caremark’s decision to do away with 90-day and mail-order pharmacy benefits,” state Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready said on May 11.

ODOT prepares to spend millions on statewide EV charging network

News Staff

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

By Jerry Bohnen | OK Energy Today OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has scheduled a May 30 informational meeting to explain how it intends to use $66 million in federal funding to build an electric vehicle charging network in the state.

Governor, lawmakers remain at odds over education plan

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — With a little more than two weeks left in the legislative session, Republican leaders in the Oklahoma House and Senate remain at loggerheads over an education plan touted by some as a major step forward and criticized by others an expensive example of political grandstanding.

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OERB receives Clean State Audit for 2022

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, a small state agency charged with environmental restoration of abandoned and orphaned oil well sites, received a clean bill of health from the state auditor’s office.

Tribal leaders push back on Governor’s veto of Regalia Bill, call for override

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — The leaders of the state’s most successful tribal nations called on state lawmakers last week to override Governor Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would allow graduating Native American students to wear eagle feathers and other cultural items at graduation ceremonies.

New law provides security for state election workers

News Staff

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Election officials across Oklahoma are accorded new security protections in recently enacted legislation. Senate Bill 481 by state Sen. Dave Rader (R-Tulsa) and state Rep. Jeff Boatman (R-Tulsa) was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 1.

U.S. Supreme Court grants stay in Glossip’s execution

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Just days after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond sent a brief requesting the execution be halted, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed the May 18 execution of Richard Glossip.

PSO customers praise, pan ‘fuel-free’ power plan

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — As might be expected, Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s $2.47 billion “fuel-free” power plan has been praised and panned. Several PSO customers expressed their opinions to the regulatory Corporation Commission.

Treasurer singles out 13 institutions as violators of state’s new ESG law

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Treasurer Todd Russ has begun blacklisting several of the nation’s biggest financial companies from doing business with the State of Oklahoma.

Oklahomans to receive $1.7M from TurboTax settlement

News Staff

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Consumers who were tricked by TurboTax owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced recently. Approximately 4.

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