The White House isn’t the only place where a past domestic abuse has led to a resignation. Governor Mary Fallin was handed the resignation this week of Preston Doerflinger after a published report indicating he had choked his wife during a five in 2012. Jill Doerflinger filed for divorce less than a year after the …
Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones has a message for State Attorney General Mike Hunter who won’t release a state audit of the public trust that handled the buyout of homes at the Tar Creek Superfund site…..Let the Audit Speak for Itself. It’s the message delivered by Jones in a news release this week in …
Less than a month after Public Service Company presented alternative transmission power lines from the largest wind farm in the U.S. it is proposing, a setback occurred this week. An Administrative Law Judge at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission recommended against preapproval for the Wind Catcher project to be located in the Panhandle. Her decision left …
At last word, Step Up Oklahoma’s proposed $581.4 million tax hike, including increases on the wind industry and oil and gas had not won approval in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. A vote was put on hold late Monday afternoon with the measure still short of the needed votes. At last word, House Bill …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has set Feb. 28 as the date to hear the appeal of Tulsa-based Citizen Energy II in its fight to drill some wells in the city limits of Mustang. The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. as the energy firm fights a temporary injunction granted the city of Mustang by a …
The mutual fund investment company, the Vanguard Group apparently likes what it sees in Devon Energy in Oklahoma City. A recent Devon Energy filing made with the Securities Exchange Commission revealed the Vanguard Group has acquired more shares and now owns 8.56% of shares in the energy company. The Pennsylvania firm has 726,630 shares in …
Missouri customers of Kansas City Power and Light could be getting millions in savings in their utility bills, just like those proposed for PSO customers in Oklahoma…thanks to the new federal tax law. KCPL and KCPL Greater Missouri Operations Company, subsidiaries of Great Plains Energy Incorporated filed recent rate updates. The companies are asking to …
The Texas Hornshell, a freshwater mussel was recently listed by the federal government as “endangered” and the natural gas industry in the state doesn’t like it. The industry is suggesting the listing might even lead to an impact on oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford. The government contends the …
The expansion of drilling activity in the Permian Basin is prompting an oil and gas water treatment and disposal company to expand as well. Milestone Environmental Services of Houston, Texas announced it will build several new facilities in the Basin in the coming two years. Two will be built in 2018 and the company said …
A water vapor leak early Sunday morning resulted in the evacuation of a Chickasha oil rig operated by Continental Resources of Oklahoma City. At last report, there were no injuries according to the Grady County Sheriff’s office and Grady County Emergency Management office. The evacuation happened around 5 a.m. Residents of a nearby mobile …