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Okla. House approves workers' comp overhaul
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 1 month ago
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Overrunning passionate opposition from legislative Democrats , House Republicans cleared the way toward remaking Oklahoma's workers' compensation system by passing an overhaul bill Wednesday. The House approved the bill 74-24; most of the Democrats
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Okla. school safety laws change little for schools
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 1 month ago
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The highly touted package of school security bills that have passed the Oklahoma Legislature and now wait only for Gov. Mary Fallin 's likely signature won't make schools much safer, at least in the short term, school and law enforcement officials
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Oklahoma House Democrats Walk Out on 84-0 Vote Affirming 'One Man One Woman' Marriage, DOMA: VIDEO
Doma :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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The Oklahoma House yesterday voted 84-0 in favor of a resolution backing one man-one woman marriage but not before half of the chamber's 29 Democrats walked out instead of voting...The AP adds : Oklahoma state Rep. Kay Floyd of Oklahoma City, who is
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Death penalty slowly falls, but not in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 2 months ago
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States use the death penalty less and less often across the country, and some have even dropped it altogether, but Oklahoma likely won't join the ranks of those that have outright abolished it. The annual number of executions in the U.S. has fallen
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Capitol Report, Wayne Greene: Oklahoma's state's rights panel gets jeers and cheers
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 3 months ago
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Depending on whom you ask, the panel is either an important bulwark of the rights of Oklahomans or a playground for "Internet myths" and "tinfoil-hat fantasies." One of the panel's harshest critics is a member, Rep. Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City. "
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Workers comp reform bill passed by state Senate
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would dramatically reduce benefits to people injured on the job in an effort to reel in workers compensation costs. Senate Bill 1062 by Senate Pro Tem Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, passed 34-12 and
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Okla. panel approves rejection of health care law
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 3 months ago
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A state legislator called on his colleagues Tuesday to formally reject federal health care reform, arguing that Oklahoma should add its voice to a growing chorus of opposition to the law. Legislation from Rep. Mike Ritze , R-Broken Arrow, would
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Legislator calls for intervention of school report cards
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 8 months ago
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State Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, said the grading-system problems described publicly by superintendents in districts from the Tulsa and Oklahoma City metro areas, as well as rural districts, could undermine the reputation of public
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State malpractice judgments at 10-year low
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 10 months ago
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The number of Oklahoma malpractice judgments has come down sharply in the past two years and is at the lowest level of the decade, according to federal statistics. "It appears to me lawsuit reform is already delivering what it promised," said
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Flag burned outside state senator's Oklahoma City home
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 12 months ago
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State Sen. Al McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City, awoke Saturday morning to find tatters of the charred banner in the front yard of his home in the city's Mesta Park neighborhood. McAffrey said the flag was set alight while at full staff because of the
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