Oklahoma

Police: Fire at Okla. house where 4 bodies found was intentionally set; 5th person sought Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentionally set. Investigators are now searching for a fifth ...

List of some Oklahoma tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers A list of some of the state tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers and the Oklahoma Tax Commission's estimate of their cost: _Livestock purchased outside Oklahoma and brought ...

Task force divided on how to privatize Oklahoma's workers compensation insurer A legislative task force recommended Thursday that Oklahoma's workers' compensation agency be privatized, but it was divided on how to achieve that. Following months of study, the Task Force on the ...

Task force divided on how to privatize Oklahoma's workers compensation insurer A task force is recommending that Oklahoma's workers compensation agency be privatized, but task force members are divided on how to do it. The Task Force on the Privatization of CompSource ...

Hundreds of Oklahoma seniors rally to protest cuts to nutrition programs Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens. "It's ...

Oklahoma says Tyson worked more to improve its public image than protecting environment Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. cared more about preserving its public image than protecting a million-acre watershed from environmental pollution, attorneys for the state of Oklahoma claimed Tuesday. The ...

Veteran Mississippi and Alabama newspaper editor and publisher Ed Darling retires Ed Darling, a veteran editor and publisher at newspapers in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, has announced his retirement as publisher of the Mississippi Business Journal. Darling's announcement Wednesday closes a career ...

A look at states where farmland is being released from federal conservation program Here's a look at the states where the most land is being released from the federal Conservation Reserve Program: _ Texas, 3.85 million acres active; 644,025 acres expire in ...

Children direct certified for school lunches The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school ...

Kansas, federal officials to discuss construction of proposed electric transmission lines Kansas and federal energy policymakers will gather this week to discuss ways to remove barriers to the construction of electric transmission lines. The meeting Tuesday in Lawrence will focus on issues ...