Fauss recently returned to Oklahoma City after a four-year stay in Forth Worth, Texas.
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Accord struck
Fallin joined House Speaker T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, and Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, yesterday afternoon to announce an agreement on those measures, which still must receive approval from the full House and Senate. “We’ve been working on common goals to create a more vibrant environment for our citizens and businesses,” Fallin said at […]
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Point: Time to fix workers’ comp
Our current system makes employers and employees adversaries while impairing the rehabilitation of injured workers, burdening families and placing a heavy drag on Oklahoma’s economy and productivity. Ours is a system where everyone loses: the employers, the taxpayers and, most importantly, the injured workers themelves. For example, our system devotes more resources to litigation and […]
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Counterpoint: Don’t punish workers
Bob Burke I’m not against change, but the reforms suggested by the state Senate in Senate Bill 1062 are a direct assault upon Oklahoma’s working men and women. The legislation seeks to lower the costs of workers’ compensation rates in the state by drastically cutting benefits to workers. There is no reduction in medical costs, […]
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Dog-gone funny!
“Timberlynn DeGraffenreid, 34, of Sapulpa — DeGraffenreid has pled guilty in Oklahoma County District Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud. She received a 7-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $6,225 in restitution through the AG’s Office. DeGraffenreid filed a claim in 2007 for injuries sustained while lifting a 50-pound bag of […]
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Dog-gone funny!
“Timberlynn DeGraffenreid, 34, of Sapulpa — DeGraffenreid has pled guilty in Oklahoma County District Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud. She received a 7-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $6,225 in restitution through the AG’s Office. DeGraffenreid filed a claim in 2007 for injuries sustained while lifting a 50-pound bag of […]