Oklahoma

PSO programs, incentives approved

Thursday, August 26, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Public Service Co. of Oklahoma received approval from the state Corporation Commission to continue for another three years its “demand response” programs and its programs that incentivize customers to save energy.

John Bennett , Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman

State senator comments on GOP chairman’s post

Tim Farley

Thursday, August 19, 2021

State Senator Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, urged voters to ignore the “disgusting” Facebook post written by Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman John Bennett as he compared the COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates to the Holocaust.

BEN FELDER, THE FRONTIER Escalators up to Epic charter school’s offices in the 50 Penn tower in Oklahoma City.

How Oklahoma’s largest virtual charter school decided to cut ties with its founders

News Staff

Thursday, July 15, 2021

When the pandemic began sending thousands of parents in search of virtual learning options last year, the enrollment at Epic Charter Schools, already one of the state’s largest school systems, began to explode. Projections showed the potential to add as many as 25,000 new students.

Oklahoma remains in bottom 10 for child well-being

News Staff

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Oklahoma children remain in the nation’s bottom 10 when it comes to major health and well-being indicators, according to the 2021 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book. Oklahoma ranks 42nd overall for child well-being.

LEDGER PHOTO BY ANDREW W. GRIFFIN Customers wait for their orders inside Black Rifle Coffee Co.’s new store at 1909 S. Telephone Road in Moore.

Black Rifle perking along in Oklahoma

Andrew W. Griffin

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOORE – A new coffee-house in Moore is giving a new meaning to the phrase “another round of coffee.

LEDGER PHOTO BY KYLETTE RAY Comanche Station southeast of Lawton is Public Service Co. of Oklahoma's natural gas fired 248-megawatt electric generation plant.

CorpComm OKs ‘half a loaf’ for PSO-Ft. Sill project

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 10, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Public Service Co. of Oklahoma received permission Monday to bill its utility customers for construction of a $117.9 million emergency stand-alone electricity generation facility at Fort Sill Army post.

Proposed state Senate districts

Lawmaker OK tentative redistricting maps

Tim Farley

Thursday, June 10, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s 101 House and 48 Senate districts are “fairly represented” following a lengthy redistricting process which is required by the state constitution, area lawmakers said. State Sen.

OKLAHOMA SENATE ROUNDUP

Tim Farley

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Blood drive bill signed by governor Legislation was signed into law May 26 to incentivize Oklahoma businesses to host blood drives for their employees. Senate Bill 905’s author, Sen.

Lumber prices

Okla. delegation seeks lower lumber prices

News Staff

Thursday, May 20, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — Three Oklahoma members of Congress were among nearly 100 asking U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai to do more to lower the cost of lumber in the United States. Rep.

OKLAHOMA SENATE ROUNDUP

News Staff

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Electronic monitoring changes signed into law More of Oklahoma’s nonviolent offenders will soon qualify for the state’s Electronic Monitoring Program thanks to legislation signed into law May 5. Sen.

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