COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18 -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release: American Electric Power received conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Program Office (LPO) to support the company's upgrade of nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia. These upgrades replace existing transmission lines in existing rights-of-way with new lines capable of carrying more energy. The upgrades will provide enh  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 17 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond sues Biden, EPA to halt new methane tax OKLAHOMA CITY (January 17, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 22 other state attorneys general have filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for adopting a final rule to unlawfully tax methane. "This  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 17 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news on Jan. 16, 2025: Governor Kevin Stitt strongly criticized the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its last-minute decision to impose new, burdensome conditions on Oklahoma's administration of environmental regulatory programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA). The decision, which was announced in the final days of this admin  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Jan. 18 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The Price College of Business hosted its inaugural Management Information Systems Competition on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, where junior and senior students showcased their tactical skills through real-world analysis of data from Love's Travel Stops. Students used data analytics and visualization tools, like Python and Power BI, to analyze hypothetical fuel sales, merchandise sales, customer demographic inf  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: International security is a global concern. With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the University of Oklahoma's Center for Peace and Development is leading the exploration of the ongoing economic and political power competition among powerful and rising nations. The principal investigator of the grant is Firat Demir, co-director of OU's Center for Peace and Development and found  more

CHICKASHA, Oklahoma, Jan. 17 -- The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * USAO Brad Henry International Scholar embarks on an excursion to the U.K. Montana Lovell, a senior English major from McAlester, has been selected as a Brad Henry International Scholar by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. She will depart on Jan. 20 to spend the spring 2025 semester studying at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom. "I'm most excited to meet al  more