All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2014 // For the second straight year, workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers to determine rates for employers will show an overall decrease in Oklahoma.The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has...
Sep 3 2014 // Oklahoma’s extremely cold winter last year and earlier this year likely kept the number of tornadoes this past spring at the state’s lowest levels since 1988, weather experts say.Only 13 tornadoes hit the state...
Sep 2 2014 // The widow and son of a Bartlesville, Okla., man who died during firefighting training have been awarded more than $503,000 in federal and state death benefits despite testimony that said the man was never with a fire...
Aug 27 2014 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has approved an emergency rule adopted by Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak that requires all licensed producers and adjusters with the property line of authority to complete one hour of...
Aug 25 2014 // Oklahoma City police say a stereo and TV were stolen from Gov. Mary Fallin’s campaign bus while it was parked at an RV dealership for maintenance.The Oklahoman reported on Aug. 22 that robbers broke into the bus and...
Aug 20 2014 // The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 rattled the Oklahoma City area Tuesday morning. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The USGS says the quake was centered 4...
Aug 18 2014 // A former Oklahoma assistant attorney general has filed a wrongful termination claim against the state.Ted Rossier filed the $175,000 claim with the State Office of Risk Management, The Oklahoman reported. He is seeking a...
Aug 15 2014 // Class action status has been granted in a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil stemming from a 2013 pipeline accident in Mayflower.U.S. District Judge Brian Miller in Little Rock ruled in favor of Arnez and Charletha Harper, the...
Aug 13 2014 // Agritourism is growing in Arkansas as more farm owners open their gates to tourists and form a spiderweb-like network among several state agencies and nonprofit organizations.Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, “U-Pick...
Aug 13 2014 // Gov. Mary Fallin on Aug. 11 released 31 documents that her administration previously withheld from news media involving her administration’s decision to reject a state health insurance exchange under the federal...
Aug 12 2014 // A new report shows there hasn’t been much ground gained in the battle to reduce the number of uninsured motorists on the road, and there’s nowhere experts can point their fingers as an explanation of the...
Aug 12 2014 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced that the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) recently helped facilitate the reissuance of an insurance check to a consumer for an auto accident that occurred more than...
Aug 11 2014 // A former insurance agent in Creek County has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for embezzling premium payments from elderly clients, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.Donna Laverne Parrick, 50, pleaded guilty to...
Aug 11 2014 // The Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma has reached settlements with two ex-employees over claims of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.The settlements follow a 10-month investigation into claims of sexual...
Aug 7 2014 // The commission that oversees Oklahoma’s system for compensating injured workers repeatedly violated the state’s Open Meeting Act, including when its members met privately with a potential vendor, an assistant...
Aug 7 2014 // Virginia is allowing ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate under a temporary agreement between the companies and the state, officials said Wednesday.The move follows letters from state officials in June telling...
Aug 6 2014 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Oklahoma oil refinery with five repeat and three serious violations for continuing to expose workers to unsafe conditions. As a...
Aug 4 2014 // Members of a new state agency charged with overseeing Oklahoma’s system for compensating injured workers may have to vote again on several issues because of possible violations of a law requiring certain state...
Aug 4 2014 // What are the rules governing insurance agents in Texas on rebates, referrals and rewards, and why do they matter?For starters, at a minimum, agents could lose their license for violating rules regarding such activities....
Aug 4 2014 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a 26-year-old pedestrian.The settlement came in a civil lawsuit against Robert Wayne Yount, 83, and the civil case will be...