All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 5 2017 // An insurance provider whose imprisoned client drove into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade will provide $100,000 to the victims.A judge is expected to decide how the money will be divided...
Jul 5 2017 // Oklahoma’s rural roads and bridges are among the worst in the nation, according to a new report from a national transportation group.TRIP researchers said 16 percent of Oklahoma’s rural bridges are structurally...
Jun 26 2017 // Tulsa County has agreed to pay nearly $138,000 to a former sheriff’s deputy to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that claimed he and others were ousted in fallout from the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man...
Jun 22 2017 // It’s difficult to decide whether Dave Jones is underdog prize fighter Rocky Balboa or reigning champ Apollo Creed.He’s the insurance commissioner of the most populated state in the nation and that makes him a...
Jun 20 2017 // Oklahoma’s attorney general has sent a letter to California’s insurance commissioner threatening legal action if that state continues with its policy of requiring insurance companies to publicly disclose...
Jun 19 2017 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has approved the acquisition of two domestic affiliated companies, Allied World Surplus Lines Insurance (AWSLIC) and Vantapro Specialty Insurance Co., by Swiss and Canadian...
Jun 16 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Harbor Health Systems it is one of the first companies to receive approval from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation to offer telemedicine through its medical provider...
Jun 14 2017 // A suburban Oklahoma City school system and its insurer have agreed to pay about $14,000 to each of the families of seven children who died four years ago when their school was destroyed by a tornado.The deal, announced by...
Jun 12 2017 // Walmart and other major corporations are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by the Cherokee Nation, which argues that the companies have not done enough to stop prescription opioid abuse. The...
Jun 12 2017 // A Claremore, Okla.-based manufacturer of sucker rods and accessories for the oil and gas industry will pay $106,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...
Jun 9 2017 // Federal disaster assistance is now available for some businesses and homeowners in Oklahoma’s Beckham County who had property losses as a result of severe weather last month. Gov. Mary Fallin said that the U.S. Small...
Jun 5 2017 // An Oklahoma civil appeals court ruled in favor of an employer and its insurer by upholding an order by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission affirming an employer’s right to direct the medical treatment...
Jun 5 2017 // A national transportation research group says deteriorated and congested roads and bridges in Oklahoma cost the state’s motorists $5 billion a year in higher vehicle costs, crashes and congestion-related delays, the...
Jun 5 2017 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mid Continent Exploration and Production Safety Network have renewed an alliance to promote safety at oil and gas operations in...
May 30 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has acquired Oklahoma City-based Bigbie, Hensley & Janway Insurance Agency Inc.(BHJ). The transaction closed on May 1, 2017. BHJ provides benefits products and services with an...
May 26 2017 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mid Continent Exploration and Production Safety Network have renewed an alliance to promote safety at oil and gas operations in...
May 25 2017 // Two Oklahoma counties may now receive disaster assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a result of the severe weather that occurred April 28 through May 2, the governor’s office reported.The...
May 24 2017 // Meteorologists say seven tornados that occurred in northeast Oklahoma last week have received preliminary damage ratings. The Tulsa World reports tornados near Wagoner, Red Bird and Porter reached estimated wind speeds of...
May 23 2017 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak is urging storm victims to be on the lookout for scam artists.The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Division has received complaints about suspicious phone calls...
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...