Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Oklahoma Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 7 items )  

507th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeant Inducted Into the Order of the Diamond
ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Carter Denton, 507th Air Refueling Wing TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Scoles, the 507th Air Refueling Wing's first sergeant, was presented the Order of the Diamond during a ceremony celebrating his retirement from service in the Air Force Reserve held at the 507th Air Refueling Wing on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, November 16. In the Air Force Reserve Command, the O  more

BLS Issues Report on State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2364) on Nov. 20, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and de  more

Lankford Files Bicameral Amicus Brief to Challenge HHS' Extreme Abortion Agenda
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led his colleagues in filing an amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court in Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services. Lankford filed this brief following the Biden Administration's decision to withhold health care funding from Oklahoma unless the state refers women for abortions. Lankford was joined on this brief by Senators Markwayne Mullin (R  more

Lankford Pushes Back on Political Discrimination in FEMA Disaster Assistance
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act to prohibit discrimination based on political affiliation in federal disaster relief. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Gary Peters (D-MI) cosponsored this legislation. "Discriminati  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond: Opioid Abatement Board Awards $2.5 Million in Grants to Aid Oklahoma Communities
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board awarded $2.5 million in grant awards to 14 counties, two cities and two school districts yesterday to help curb the state's opioid crisis. Grants will fund treatment and recovery programs, opioid abuse education and strategies to decrease the supply of narcotics across the state. Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who chairs the  more

Rep. Hern Releases Statement Following International Criminal Court Illegitimate Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Today, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued illegitimate, arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. "The ICC has no credibility--just like the UN and World Health Organization. These reckless arrest warrants for Israeli officials are outr  more

SEC Issues Accounting & Auditing Enforcement Order Involving United Parcel Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4542) on Nov. 22, 2024: * * * In the Matter of UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it  more