Oklahoma Watch: Education tax increase would cost average family $262
A proposed penny sales tax increase would cost medium-income Oklahomans about $262 a year and raise $608 million annually to finance public schools and higher education, a new data analysis shows. The...
View ArticleOklahoma Watch: Education tax increase would cost average family $252
A proposed penny sales tax increase would cost medium-income Oklahomans about $262 a year and raise $608 million annually to finance public schools and higher education, a new data analysis shows. The...
View ArticleAnother successful sea turtle nesting season comes to a close
BELLEAIR BEACH — With a red-bulb headlamp strapped to her baseball cap, Lindsey Flynn scoured the sand for tiny tracks, signs that hatchlings had emerged from the loggerhead sea turtle nest she checks...
View ArticleIMPORTANT SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP...
NEW YORK, Oct. 02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the...
View ArticleChurchill Downs Incorporated Completes Acquisition of Minority Stake in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. and SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Oct. 02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) (CDI or Company) and Saratoga Harness Racing, Inc. (SHRI) have completed the...
View ArticleBermuda feels Joaquin’s winds; Coast Guard continues search for lost ship
Leaving a trail of destruction in the Bahamas and an American-flagged cargo ship with 33 people aboard lost at sea, Hurricane Joaquin lost some steam on Sunday but continued on a track toward the...
View ArticleBaxalta and Momenta Announce Initiation of Pivotal Clinical Trial for M923, a...
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 05, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE:BXLT) and Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MNTA), today announced the initiation of a pivotal...
View ArticleAs number of insurers shrink, patients face dwindling choices
Mergers are sweeping health care, as insurers, hospitals and doctors seek economic shelter from Washington by linking up and getting big. These merger trends were underway prior to Obamacare. But...
View ArticleScience sells: ‘The Martian’ lands with $55 million debut
NEW YORK — Opening just days after NASA announced findings showing water on Mars, “The Martian” soaked up moviegoers at the box office. Ridley Scott’s 3-D space epic touched down in theaters with a...
View ArticleOn marriage, immigration and officials shirking their duty: Letters
On marriage, immigration and officials shirking duty Re “Anti-gay clerk shouldn’t be in jail — or in office, either” (Letters, Sept. 17): I suppose that Charlotte Gussin-Root, who called for the...
View ArticleWhy wait for the facts when it’s so much fun to scream foul now?
As a master of insult and unsubstantiated innuendo, Sam Rashid has become the Donald Trump Mini-Me of local politics. In a game of juvenile name-calling, he recently made offensive and gutter comments...
View ArticleBetter listen to Yogi Berra on this one
The Rays’ attendance woes continue. When baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra died last month at the age of 90, many of his “Yogi-isms” like “It’s deja vu all over again” were unearthed to honor him. His...
View ArticleBusinesses waiting for answers on new manatee restrictions
TAMPA — When manatee season begins next month, fewer human swimmers will be joining the marine mammals in Crystal River’s breathtaking Three Sisters Springs. Starting Nov. 15, the U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleFall adjournment 1 unpredictable twist of 2015 session
RALEIGH – Some figured the 2015 General Assembly would be more subdued compared to recent years when Republicans who wrested control of state government from Democrats initially imprinted their...
View ArticleHere they come again: Broader health care debate for 2016
WASHINGTON — After seven years of the political drama known as “Obamacare,” you might think voters would be tired of big ideas for revamping health care. If so, the presidential candidates seem to have...
View ArticleMilitary base money is blocked as partisan defense battles continue
By Chris Casteel October 2, 2015 0 shares WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked a bill Thursday that includes $155 million for military construction in Oklahoma, including $50 million at Tinker Air...
View ArticleEarly filed bills give glimpse of legislators' priorities for 2016
The 2015 regular legislative session was a particularly unproductive one, ending in meltdown when the House and Senate couldn’t agree on Medicaid expansion. Only 227 bills passed of 1,754 that were...
View ArticleU.S. hiring slows in September as global economy weakens
WASHINGTON >> U.S. employers cut back sharply on hiring in September and added fewer jobs in July and August than previously thought — a sour note for a labor market that had been steadily...
View ArticleOklahoma Watch: Some states use sales tax to fund education
Several states have proposed or approved sales tax increases to support education similar to a proposal in the works in Oklahoma, and the results have varied. In some cases, the sales tax hikes have...
View ArticlePatients win as larger insurers seek to cut costs with better service
The planned mergers of several of America’s largest health insurers — Aetna combining with Humana, and Anthem with Cigna — is almost certain to be good for the insurers, reducing overhead and improving...
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