All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2019 // An oil well operator is stopping operations following a small earthquake in central Oklahoma, the fourth such earthquake in less than three weeks. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says Newfield/Encana paused a well...
Jul 26 2019 // A Canadian children’s entertainment company is suing an Oklahoma medical cannabis dispensary chain accusing it of copyright infringement.The Tulsa World reports that Nelvana Enterprises Inc.’s suit filed in...
Jul 24 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited HE&M Inc., a Pryor, Oklahoma-based metalworking band saw manufacturer, for exposing employees to fall, machine...
Jul 23 2019 // Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates.The new rates approved by Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable are effective Oct. 1, 2019,...
Jul 22 2019 // Oklahoma County has joined over 50 other cities and counties in the state to prosecute drug companies for damages caused by the opioid epidemic.The Oklahoman reports that all three county commissioners voted to approve a...
Jul 18 2019 // Gov. Kevin Stitt says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for 41 Oklahoma counties as a result of spring flooding and severe weather in the state.The storms produced historic flooding...
Jul 16 2019 // Even after illegally promoting opioid painkillers to reap billions of dollars in profit over the past two decades, Johnson & Johnson has accepted “zero responsibility” for its central role in fueling a...
Jul 15 2019 // Oklahoma’s attorney general is expected to urge a judge to find Johnson & Johnson responsible for flooding the market with painkillers and fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic, as the first trial in nationwide...
Jul 10 2019 // The number of Oklahoma earthquakes registering a magnitude of 3.0 or greater is on pace to decline for the fourth straight year after state regulators began directing oil and natural gas producers to close some wells and...
Jul 8 2019 // Oklahoma State Rep. Lonnie Sims (R-Jenks) a before and after study of the recent catastrophic flooding that occurred in his state.Sims serves District 68, which includes Creek and Tulsa Counties.He has requested an interim...
Jul 2 2019 // The number of working oil rigs in Oklahoma is down more than a quarter from this time last year, amid a nationwide decrease. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes reported 102 rigs operating in the state on June 28. The...
Jul 1 2019 // The U.S. government wants a portion of Oklahoma’s $270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma that stemmed from the state’s ongoing lawsuit against opioid makers.The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Jul 1 2019 // The number of tickets written by Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers is continuing to fall after the agency lifted a cost-saving measure that capped how many miles troopers can drive each shift, according to state ticket...
Jun 25 2019 // An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers to go to trial, could serve as a key benchmark for governments hoping to recoup costs associated with...
Jun 25 2019 // An Oklahoma judge has approved a revised $85 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. resolving claims by the state’s attorney general that the drugmaker helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.The...
Jun 25 2019 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says six more counties in the state have been approved for disaster assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Stitt announced on June 20 that individuals and business owners affected...
Jun 21 2019 // An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers to go to trial, could serve as a key benchmark for governments hoping to recoup costs associated with...
Jun 20 2019 // A former Oklahoma State Supreme Court justice will attempt to resolve a dispute over how to disburse an $85 million settlement of a state lawsuit with Teva Pharmaceuticals. Cleveland Count District Judge Thad Balkman said...
Jun 20 2019 // Federal disaster assistance has been approved for four more Oklahoma counties affected by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes last month.Gov. Kevin Stitt said the Federal Emergency Management Agency had added Cherokee,...
Jun 17 2019 // Oklahoma’s governor and Republican legislative leaders are raising concerns about the state’s proposed $85 million settlement with an opioid manufacturer that has yet to be approved by a judge.Gov. Kevin Stitt,...