Oklahoma will receive $5,506,310 from the U.S. Department of Labor for state unemployment insurance technology infrastructure grants. The U.S. Department of Labor said a total of $164.5 million will go to 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to make technology upgrades that will improve the operation and security of [...]

Representatives of Health Care Service Corp. and its division Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma said they are “honored” to have played a role in influencing one of 15 health information exchanges that the White House staff expects to “achieve meaningful and measurable improvements in health care quality, safety and efficiency.” Blue Cross & [...]

Legislation exempting small family businesses from workers’ comp insurance mandates was signed into law. House Bill 1003, state Rep. Sally Kern, would allow family businesses with five or fewer employees who are all related to be exempted from workers’ comp insurance requirements. Current law only allows for a natural person to be exempt. Kern said [...]

KRMG’s Rick Couri will “Cultivate Positive Choices” To Benefit Operation Aware this month. Whether mulching trees, painting the handrail on the pedestrian bridge or edging the paths along Riverside Park, local radio personality Rick Couri is doing it all for a good cause. For more than 20 years, Couri has participated in a spring project [...]

Tuesday’s weather — rain showers and 60-degree temperatures — was perfect for ducks and the first day of the Ozone Alert season. “We’ll have no problem with ozone with weather like this,” said John Self, chairman of the Indian Nations Council of Governments’ Air Quality Committee. The weather Tuesday was a contrast to 2006 when [...]

ORU and TCC signed agreements allowing students to more easily transfer from TCC to ORU. The agreement spells out transfer of TCC degree programs in biology, biotechnology, business administration, chemistry, engineering (computer), engineering (electrical, option 1), engineering (electrical, ECE, option 2), engineering (mechanical), English, French, nursing, physics, and Spanish with corresponding degree programs at ORU. [...]

Oklahoma lawyers will offer free legal advice through a toll-free hotline on Thursday, April 30 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The statewide hotline will be staffed by Oklahoma City and Tulsa attorneys. The local numbers to call are 838.8770 or 800.456.8525. Tulsa County Bar President Leonard l. Pataki has appointed Marvin [...]

Pre-Paid Legal Services reports first quarter net income increased 7 percent to $17.1 million from $15.9 million for the prior year’s first quarter. Diluted earnings per share increased 18 percent to $1.52 per share from $1.29 per share for the prior year’s comparable quarter due to an increase in net income of 7 percent and [...]

First District Congressman John Sullivan, R-Tulsa, checks into the Betty Ford Clinic to treat an “addiction to alcohol.” The announcement, made in a brief email, went out from Sullivan’s campaign address around 5 p.m. on Friday. Sullivan will take a leave of absence from Congress, the statement said. It did not indicate for how long [...]

The City of Tulsa’s recently selected Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma through a competitive process to be the health insurance provider, effective July 1. According to Mayor Kathy Taylor, City of Tulsa, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma was chosen because of “competitive and flexible benefits available to our diverse workforce.” In [...]