All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2014 // An Oklahoma legislator is proposing a measure that would protect churches from lawsuits if someone is injured when they open their doors as disaster shelters.On Friday, state Rep. Bobby Cleveland of Slaughterville...
Dec 27 2013 // It wasn’t Santa and his reindeer landing on roofs that shook some central Oklahoma homes early Christmas morning.A small earthquake struck near Spencer at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geology...
Dec 20 2013 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Michael Clingman will be joining WCRI in January as a regional director. He will be based in Oklahoma.Clingman most recently served as administrator of the...
Dec 18 2013 // An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling could mean the state Department of Public Safety must refund at least $11 million to drivers in alcohol-related cases.The Court earlier has rejected DPS’ appeal of a lower court...
Dec 18 2013 // A magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit south-central Kansas on Dec. 16, rattling windows and doors, but causing no reported damage or injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the earthquake that hit about 9 a.m. to...
Dec 17 2013 // A constitutional challenge to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation law has been rejected by the state’s highest court.In a ruling on Dec. 16, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said Senate Bill 1062, which was signed...
Dec 12 2013 // Most jurisdictions have held that an insurance company with the primary policy owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insurance company with the excess policy requiring a settlement of claims within the primary...
Dec 9 2013 // A new study on employee compensation shows state workers in Oklahoma earn less than their counterparts in other states or the private sector, but also enjoy a far more generous benefits package.The $200,000 study requested...
Dec 9 2013 // A magnitude-4.5 earthquake in central Oklahoma shook residents on Dec. 7, just weeks after the two-year anniversary of the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the Sooner state, and was followed by two smaller temblors...
Dec 6 2013 // A plan to increase by 500 percent the amount in meals and other gifts that a lobbyist can give to a legislator in Oklahoma each year is raising concerns from a public watchdog group and some state legislators over the...
Dec 5 2013 // Red Rock Insurance Co., an Oklahoma-based business, has been chosen to provide liability coverage for offenders whose license plates were seized for failure to carry state-mandated auto insurance, the Oklahoma Insurance...
Dec 3 2013 // It’s become a predictable routine at Matt Pryor’s insurance agency: An earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma, rattling dishes and nerves. Then the phones light up with calls and text messages from desperate...
Dec 3 2013 // The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference recommended that the college basketball player who hit a half-court shot for $20,000 at an Oklahoma City Thunder game be allowed to use the money toward his tuition.Cameron...
Dec 2 2013 // Insurance Director Bruce Ramge has approved the two property/casualty insurance companies to domicile in Nebraska.American Interstate Insurance Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Silver Oak Casualty Inc., were previously...
Dec 2 2013 // Law enforcement officers in Oklahoma will soon have the option to seize license plates from uninsured drivers and assign temporary insurance under a new law passed this year by the Legislature.The law went into effect Nov....
Nov 27 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in...
Nov 26 2013 // Making a half-court shot during a promotion at an Oklahoma City Thunder game might be easier for 23-year-old Cameron Rodriguez than keeping the $20,000 prize.Rodriguez, a basketball player at Southwestern College in...
Nov 20 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is mourning the loss of former chief examiner and assistant commissioner, Stephen P. Garrett, 69, who died Nov. 18 after a brief hospitalization.“I have the highest level of...
Nov 18 2013 // Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state...
Nov 15 2013 // Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state...