Tres Savage

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

At his weekly Wednesday press conference, Gov. Kevin Stitt summoned a slate of officials and Firehawk Aerospace executives behind his podium for the company’s announcement of a $22 million revolutionary rocket fuel plant slated for the Lawton area.

1 week ago | nondoc.com | Madeline Hoffmann |Tres Savage

With any luck, you were able to have a long holiday weekend free from the sort of news coverage that can add stress to your daily life. Of course, now that you’ve returned to your normal routine, it’s worth knowing that one of the state’s major investor-owned utilities has a natural gas plant purchase proposal pending before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. It’s also worth knowing that a bill in the Legislature about wind farm setback requirements has stalled out — for now.

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

After months of conversations and attempted diplomacy, Rep. Scott Fetgatter said Wednesday that the Oklahoma Legislature will not be proposing a new tobacco taxation compact with the Muscogee Nation despite growing frustration about Gov. Kevin Stitt’s insistence it accompany agreements with the tribe on motor vehicle tags and turnpike tolls. “I spent all session trying to bridge the gap on these issues,” said Fetgatter (R-Okmulgee). “We negotiated.

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage |Matt Patterson

Behind the scenes of their budgeting process this spring, leaders of the Oklahoma Legislature empowered a pair of influential attorneys to negotiate a grand deal on policy topics that have pitted business groups against trial lawyers for decades.

2 weeks ago | nondoc.com | Tres Savage

With the sun setting on the Oklahoma State Capitol, the Senate Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget prepared to end Monday’s five-hour meeting by reconsidering its biggest vote of the day: whether to create a new $255 million annuity incentive for Emirates Global Aluminum’s $4 billion aluminum smelter plant proposed for the Port of Inola. Just before 6 p.m., senators had separated the oxygen from Room 535 by failing to advance HB 2781 on a 12-12 tie vote.