A storm chasing bill proposed by Okmulgee Rep. Scott Fetgatter won approval this week in the Oklahoma House, but not before questions were raised whether the measure really required a storm chasers license in the state. Passed on a 53-45 vote, Fetgatter’s HB2426, formally called the Emergency Response and Tracking Regulatory, won approval Tuesday …
Cracking down on undocumented truck drivers. It’s what both the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas Senate are debating as they consider two bills to get tougher on truckers who are in the U.S. illegally. FreightWaves reported one bill is known as the “Secure Roads and Safe Trucking Act of 2025,” and would …
A telecommunications fund directly regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is at risk as a legal challenge to the nationwide system known as the Universal Service Fund is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma is like many other states whose public utility commissions and other regulators control the fund aimed at increasing phone …
** The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Oregon youth’s climate lawsuit accusing the federal government’s fossil fuel-friendly policies of violating their constitutional rights, ending the decade-long case. ** Pilot Company (Pilot), General Motors and EVgo Inc. announced their collaborative network has reached more than 130 electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging locations in over 25 states. …
A move by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to a truce with Russia about the Black Sea and energy infrastructure sent crude oil prices falling on Tuesday. The decline came despite oil price support following the announced sanctions by President Trump against countries that buy Venezuelan oil. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 23 …
A new government study shows that energy consumption by the U.S. manufacturing sector not only continues to increase but its largest fuel use is natural gas. The study by the U.S. Energy Information administration, the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys shows the third consecutive increase in energy consumed in the manufacturing sector since a low point …
A couple of legislators in West Texas say it’s time the oil and gas industry help pay for the damage to roads and bridges in the oil-producing counties. Their plan is to divert 10% of the nearly $8 billion that oil and gas companies pay in severance taxes to benefit the same counties that …
More utility rate cases will be heard this week before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and in both, it likely means higher bills for consumers. Both will apply to Oklahoma Gas and Electric as an Administrative Law Judge holds a Thursday morning (10 a.m.) hearing on the merits about the utility’s application of the Fuel …
Despite the numerous wildfires in Oklahoma over the past few weeks, nearly half of the state has healthy air according to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. But other sections remain affected by smoke from the fires. Three counties in eastern Oklahoma were put until a health advisory on Tuesday because of fine particulate …
Another of Oklahoma’s broadband expansion projects financed through federal funding will be launched this week to serve Garvin and Jefferson counties. The projects will be launched with internet service provider Pioneer Telephone Cooperative during a Friday morning ceremony in Lindsay. Event Details: What: Launch event for OBO/Pioneer high-speed internet expansion projects When: 11:00 a.m., …