Oklahoma to print green absentee envelopes to help USPS

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma election officials will print new green absentee ballot return envelopes to help postal workers more easily identify mail-in ballots ahead of November’s election.

Doctors concerned about Okla. schools starting in August

OKLAHOMA CITY – Two groups of physicians recently announced that under current conditions they cannot support a statewide return to in-person learning next month at Oklahoma’s K-12 schools.

Aerospace, defense industries fast-growing in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY – With more than 1,100 aerospace business entities, as well as the largest commercial and military maintenance, repair and overhaul depots in the world, Aerospace and Defense (A&D) is Oklahoma’s fastest-growing industry sector and second in size to only the energy sector.

Which is more lethal: COVID-19 or the flu?

OKLAHOMA CITY – I did some research after hearing yet another claim that the death rate from COVID-19, which has no vaccine, is lower than the death rate from influenza, which has vaccines. I have no idea where that claim originated – perhaps on Faux “News”? – but the statistics say otherwise.

What everyone needs to know about Medicaid in Oklahoma

Even with the passage of State Question 802, many people do not fully understand the Medicaid system. I have focused this column on the information Oklahomans need to help those who might qualify or want further information.

Chinese national admits theft of files from energy company in Oklahoma

TULSA – A Chinese national has admitted to stealing proprietary information from an American multinational energy company founded in Oklahoma.

Rx marijuana hits another record high in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY – The coronavirus has been a windfall for Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry. With many Oklahomans stuck at home most of the past month and a half because of the global pandemic, marijuana sales in Oklahoma continued on an upward trajectory in May.

Con artists target Oklahoma’s unemployment system, other states

OKLAHOMA CITY – Federal officials revealed that Oklahoma and at least six other states have been targeted by a group of international fraudsters who have “mounted an immense, sophisticated attack on U.S. unemployment systems,” The New York Times reported Sunday.