Just weeks after a majority of Oklahoma voters approved State Question 788, a bizarre bit of news broke. Julie Ezell, a lawyer for Oklahoma State Department of Health, had been charged with sending herself threats. On July 17, 2018, Ezell was charged in Oklahoma County District Court with counts of using a computer to violate […]
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Durable industry
For the Oklahoma cannabis industry, the months since the coronavirus pandemic hit the state have been both the best and worst of times. “Frankly, the last three months have been great from a business perspective. It’s reflected in the retail numbers, which have been record-setting. I don’t know that it’s all attributable to the pandemic, […]
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Insufficient funds
Less than a year after opening a branch in Oklahoma City’s Midtown district and reporting state-leading growth, Farmers Bank of Carnegie quietly removed its president after a bank examination resulted in a corrective order from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Oklahoma State Banking Department. In addition, the bank and its former CEO have been […]
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Shelf life
The staff at Top Shelf Health & Wellness, 2518 N. Meridian Ave., have been waiting a year to get paid what they are owed from a CBD isolate deal gone awry, but that is already in the rearview for the rapidly expanding business. As previously reported by Oklahoma Gazette, Top Shelf OKC sued Hi-Tunes Distribution, […]
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Cover: Green state
On June 26, 2018, more than 892,000 Oklahomans flooded the polls. They chose Kevin Stitt as the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Drew Edmondson as the Democratic one. An item on the ballot was State Question 788, which read in part, “This measure amends the Oklahoma State Statutes. A yes vote legalizes the licensed use, sale, […]
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Challenging authority
Five days after House Bill 2612 was signed into law, it has a legal challenge. The petition was filed on behalf of plaintiff Leslie Ann Collum in Oklahoma County District Court on March 19. Collum is a medical marijuana license holder, registered nurse and the owner of Painted Nurse Apothecary, 3017 N. Lee Ave. She […]
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Settlement pending
The settlement proposal, which is subject to Oklahoma County District Court approval, was filed Nov. 1. Despite a negative 2008 stock performance, in December 2008, the company awarded McClendon a substantial increase in compensation over the previous year, a five-year contract, a bonus of around $77 million, almost $33 million in stocks and the purchase […]
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Settlement pending
The settlement proposal, which is subject to Oklahoma County District Court approval, was filed Nov. 1. Despite a negative 2008 stock performance, in December 2008, the company awarded McClendon a substantial increase in compensation over the previous year, a five-year contract, a bonus of around $77 million, almost $33 million in stocks and the purchase […]
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Settlement pending
The settlement proposal, which is subject to Oklahoma County District Court approval, was filed Nov. 1. Despite a negative 2008 stock performance, in December 2008, the company awarded McClendon a substantial increase in compensation over the previous year, a five-year contract, a bonus of around $77 million, almost $33 million in stocks and the purchase […]