All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 11 2012 // Two freight trains were not speeding when they collided in a fiery head-on crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to a preliminary federal report released July 9.The National Transportation...
Jul 11 2012 // The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the time of the wreck.Three Union Pacific employees died in the June 24 accident...
Jul 9 2012 // More than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the sweeping federal health care law, Oklahoma’s political leaders have offered few specifics about how the state will proceed in complying with its...
Jul 5 2012 // The federal government has declared Michigan a disaster area because of damage to fruit crops from erratic spring weather, making growers eligible to seek low-interest loans.Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, said...
Jul 3 2012 // While he is disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold federal health reform legislation, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak said he will do his duty under the law. However, he said potential...
Jun 29 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America today praised Congress for passing the “Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012.” The legislation will extend the National...
Jun 29 2012 // Republican members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation are decrying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal health care law.U.S. Rep Tom Cole says the court has spoken — and it’s up...
Jun 27 2012 // Federal investigators want to know why a freight train streaking across the Oklahoma Panhandle failed to pull into a side track and instead charged down the main line and collided head-on with another train approaching...
Jun 27 2012 // State officials say Massachusetts residents and small employers will benefit from $56.8 million in health insurance rebates. Insurance commissioner Joseph Murphy said on Tuesday that the rebates, from five of the...
Jun 26 2012 // Three Union Pacific crew members remain missing after two trains collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle, causing a white-hot fire that emergency crews are struggling to extinguish.Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph...
Jun 22 2012 // A Payne County judge ruled against Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising arm and its top booster, T. Boone Pickens, in their attempt to recover money spent on life insurance premiums in the school’s...
Jun 21 2012 // State and federal officials say an Oklahoma hospital and physician have agreed to a $1,550,000 payout to settle a health care fraud case.Sanford C. Coats, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma...
Jun 18 2012 // The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state reached an all-time high of more than 1.7 million persons employed in May.Commission officials say Oklahoma’s jobless rate fell to 4.8 percent from 5 percent...
Jun 18 2012 // The failure to strictly follow the requirements for providing policyholders with information about their hurricane deductible does not mean the deductible is unenforceable, Florida’s high court has ruled.The Florida...
Jun 13 2012 // Several groups representing the interests of minorities in Oklahoma criticized the elimination of the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission and met on June 11 to form a new coalition to promote equality and end...
Jun 13 2012 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has detailed a plan to improve the ratings of Oklahoma fire departments and reduce home insurance rates.Speaking at the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association (OSFA)...
Jun 9 2012 // Federal emergency management officials say they’ll demolish dozens of damaged and flood-prone properties in eastern and central Pennsylvania.Residents in Mahoopany, Wyoming County, Pa., cleaning up after flooding on...
Jun 4 2012 // Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute that no one wants to win,...
Jun 4 2012 // A bill recently passed and signed by the governor toughens the penalties for insurance fraud, Oklahoma officials say.Senate Bill 1439, requested by Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak, is expected to save taxpayers...
Jun 1 2012 // Oklahoma’s Emergency Price Stabilization Act is now in effect for 35 Oklahoma counties after Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency due to severe storms, straight line winds and flooding that began on May 29,...