All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 12 2006 // With almost 2,000 cases of identity theft in Oklahoma in 2004, State Rep. Steve Martin believes it’s time to increase deterrence by hiking the penalties upon conviction.Martin filed House Bill 2109, which would...
Jan 11 2006 // Violators of all burn bans in Oklahoma could face much steeper fines if legislation requested by State Rep. Mike Shelton passes during the upcoming legislative session.Currently, violations of the burn ban are misdemeanors...
Jan 11 2006 // Oklahoma ranks 48th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in emergency medicine in a new report issued by the American College of Emergency Physicians.The state was given an overall grade of “D+” and...
Jan 9 2006 // The Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services will hold a hearing Jan. 12, 2006, on the funding needs of rural fire departments in Oklahoma in the wake of the wildfires that...
Jan 6 2006 // Six new wildfires flared up in Texas on Jan. 5 and fire fighting crews were battling about two dozen smaller fires in Oklahoma, the Dallas Morning News reported. In Texas, houses and other structures were threatened by...
Jan 5 2006 // Firefighters contained a grass fire that destroyed an abandoned schoolhouse and a home in Shamrock, a small northeastern Oklahoma town, while officials in Texas and New Mexico also worked to keep fires under control amid...
Jan 4 2006 // Attorney General Drew Edmondson is warning Oklahomans who lost homes and other property in recent wildfires to beware of being victimized again, this time by fraud. More than 200 homes and businesses have been destroyed by...
Jan 3 2006 // Insurers including those writing farm and crime coverages that use programs developed by the American Association of Insurance Services will require no immediate changes to existing endorsements and other materials to...
Jan 3 2006 // Firefighters in Oklahoma remained geared up Monday, Jan. 2 after 25 grassfires ravaged hundreds of acres across Oklahoma City.The fire crews battled blazes from about 7 a.m on Sunday, Jan. 1 until about 7 a.m. Monday,...
Jan 3 2006 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) this week authorized the use of federal funds from the Nation’s Disaster Relief Fund to help Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico...
Jan 2 2006 // Wildfires continued to burn in Texas and Oklahoma on New Year’s Day, fueled by record-high temperatures, high winds and significant lack of rainfall, sweeping across thousands of acres and destroying homes along the...
Jan 1 2006 // Farmers, EsSixThe Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and EsSix Agency in Baton Rouge, La., have joined forces to provide Louisiana agents with a way to write Farmers business through EsSix. As such, Farmers and EsSix are...
Dec 30 2005 // Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan and two members of his leadership team said they agree with Assistant Majority Leader Jeff Rabon that something needs to be done immediately to address the needs of...
Dec 29 2005 // At least three people in Texas and one in Oklahoma have died as the result of wildfires that have plagued the two rain-starved states in recent days.The Dallas Morning News reported that a body of a man was found in Hughes...
Dec 27 2005 // Oklahoma Senate Republican Leader Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, is calling for lawsuit and tax reform, as well as more workers’ compensation reform, to help jumpstart economic growth in the state.Coffee noted that...
Dec 27 2005 // Both Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry are responding to waves of wildfires plaguing their states as a result of the extremely dry conditions there.Henry reminded citizens that a statewide burn ban...
Dec 27 2005 // An Oklahoma judge recently denied a motion to move the trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher out of Oklahoma City.Fisher’s attorney, Robert L. Wyatt IV, had argued in court filings that the...
Dec 9 2005 // Recalling recent wildfires that have been made worse by individuals deliberately setting blazes, Oklahoma State Senator Frank Shurden said he plans to file legislation to increase the penalties for arson.“We’re...
Dec 6 2005 // The Oklahoma State Chamber and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma reported they are making available Oklahoma Chamber Blue, a health insurance plan designed to make health coverage more affordable and accessible for...
Nov 23 2005 // An Oklahoma County judge has set a Dec. 19 hearing to decide whether former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher’s pending trial should be moved out of the county, the Associated Press reported.District Judge Susan...