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The case of the missing Oklahoma plutonium
You can file this as Exhibit A in how not to test your website. I stumbled across this while searching for state contracting regulations at the Oklahoma Department of Central Service’s website. (Click...
View ArticleSome Oklahoma ex-officials making six-figure pensions
Re-posting Sunday’s story: BY PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies(at)opubco.com More than 60 state retirees, including former statewide elected officials, district attorneys and judges, are receiving...
View ArticleOklahoma Supreme Court rules state employee birth dates, employee ID numbers...
In a case that stretched almost 18 months, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today in favor of several state employee groups on the birth date issue. For background stories by The Oklahoman, check our...
View ArticleCorrecting the legislative record on the public employee DOB case
First off, let’s get some disclosures out of the way: My birth date is 6/27/75. I’m a board member for FOI Oklahoma Inc. I signed several sworn affidavits in the court case pursued by The Oklahoman and...
View ArticleOklahoma prescription drug monitoring: what’s collected?
My colleague Carrie Coppernoll had an interesting story today on upcoming changes to the state’s prescription drug monitoring database, which is administered by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and...
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Visualizing $1 trillion
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, is getting a lot of attention today with his plan to cut $9 trillion in federal spending in the next decade. My colleague Chris Casteel had an update this...
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Should life without parole still be a sentence for multiple drug convictions?
Larry Yarbrough, right, is pictured on a television screen seated next to his daughter, LaDonna Yarbrough, left, during a video conference commutation hearing at the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board in...
View ArticleOklahoma state agencies have high turnover after some new elected officials...
BY PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies(at)opubco.com Scores of state employees have left agencies after new leaders took office earlier this year, saving the state some money but at the cost of...
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Quality Jobs payments totaled $61.7 million in FY 2011, according to Tax...
The Legislature’s Task Force on Tax Credits and Economic Incentives is holding another session today. This morning, it studied the Investment/New Jobs tax credit. This afternoon, it’s Quality Jobs....
View ArticleInsurance company’s expansion helped by a unique arrangement of tax credits...
Re-posting today’s story from the Business section: BY PAUL MONIES Database Editor pmonies(at)opubco.com Published: September 13, 2011 One of the state’s largest insurance companies has taken about $20...
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