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Task Force To Study Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed a task force to study the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s processes, staffing and funding. The Oklahoman reports that Michael Teague, the state’s secretary of energy and environment, will lead the Second Century Corporation Commission Task Force, which was formed Monday.

Gov. Fallin Declares State Of Emergency For Pawnee County After Quake

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Gov. Mary Fallin says staff with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management is headed to the Pawnee area following Saturday morning's 5.6 magnitude earthquake.

Concern Growing For State's Response To Earthquakes

Alex Cameron

When the ground shakes here, it no longer catches people by surprise. But the fact that it shook twice overnight seemed to add an exclamation point to the release, just a few hours earlier, of the USGS's new hazard map -- the first to include the risk from induced seismicity, and the first to officially lift Oklahoma into the same overall risk category as California and Alaska.

9 Investigates: State Hiring Freeze Exemptions

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In the wake of a hiring and salary freeze imposed by Governor Fallin one year ago, state agency heads were allowed to continue making hires and giving raises, as if there was no freeze.