Even as the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments to some newly-created taxes on electric and hybrid vehicles, a new lawsuit was waiting in the wings. It was on Monday when the Oklahoma Sierra Club filed suit, challenging a registration fee on the electric vehicles. The suit is asking the court to rule House …
Houston’s Waste Management has opened its 100th CNG fueling station nationally this week in Oklahoma City. It held a ceremony Tuesday morning in the city as it dedicated the fueling station for the nearly 100 CNG-operated trash trucks refuel every day. Waste Management operates an estimated 6,000 natural gas trucks, the largest heavy-duty fleet of …
Mustang Rep. Leslie Osborn is the latest to enter the race to become Oklahoma’s next State Labor Commissioner. The Republican legislator announced Wednesday she is running for the Republican nomination to be decide in 2018. “We have serious challenges in Oklahoma,” said Osborn in announcing her candidacy. “I am convinced we can meet them. As …
Edmond’s EK Energy and Exploration Company was the high bidder for the June sale of mineral rights to 880 acres of Blaine county land at a price of nearly $17 million dollars. The June 20 auction was handled by Farm Service Company of Chickasha where spokesman Cody J. White indicated the sale involved 5 …
Critics of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline are getting their chance this week to grill developers as they go before the Nebraska Public Service Commission. An evidentiary hearing on the pipeline is underway and already there have been sharp and pointed exchanges between witnesses and attorneys for those fighting the pipeline. As E & …
Two American Indian tribes are telling a federal court the Dakota Access pipeline, the one targeted by Oklahomans and other environmental activists last year must be shut down while the Trump administration reconsiders its environmental impact. Attorneys for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes filed a brief this week with the U.S. District …
The resurgence of oil and gas exploration in Oklahoma has turned out to be a surprising source of new revenue for the University of Oklahoma. As Bloomberg News reported recently, the university has been the recipient of millions of dollars from mineral rights on land given to the school decades ago. Until recently, the mineral …
A worker at a northwestern Colorado coal processing plant has become the 11th person to die at a coal mine in the U.S. this year. The 32-year old man was a surface mechanic at a mine operated by Blue Mountain Energy Co. near the small community of Rangely. He was found under a two-ton container …
The Oklahoma Transportation Department has resorted to high-technology in the wake of the surge of earthquakes in the state. It has implemented the use of “ShakeCast”, a program created by the U.S. Geological Survey to help assess any damage to existing bridges. ShakeCast is in the final stage of a two-year, two-phase nearly $650,000 contract …
“The body of evidence supporting economic recovery is growing.” Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller. Oil and gas tax revenue once again led the way in the latest revenue report issued by the Oklahoma Treasurer. July Gross Receipts, said Ken Miller provided additional evidence of an expanding Oklahoma economy. Total collections topped the July 2016 report …