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*Oklahoma Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday March 26, 2025 ( 5 items )  

BLS - Southwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Oklahoma Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2025'
DALLAS, Texas, March 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 25, 2025, entitled "Oklahoma Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2025": * * * Oklahoma had 83,000 job openings in January 2025, compared to 98,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job ope  more

HHS Releases Public Communication From SSM Health
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from SSM Health, St. Louis, Missouri: * * * To: Anthony Archeval Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Prote  more

History Colorado Hires Senior Director of Tribal and Indigenous Engagement
DENVER, Colorado, March 26 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * History Colorado Hires Senior Director of Tribal and Indigenous Engagement Position will lead History Colorado American Indian Boarding Schools research and facilitate government-to-government consultations DENVER -- March 24, 2025 -- History Colorado is pleased to announce the hiring of Phillip Gover III (Pawnee/Choctaw), as senior director of Tribal and Indigenous engagement. Gover  more

House Passes Lucas Bills to Support the Agriculture Industry
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * House Passes Lucas Bills to Support the Agriculture Industry Washington, DC - The Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act and the DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act both passed on the House floor today. These bills were sponsored by Congressman Frank D. Lucas (OK-03) along with Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. H.R. 1325, the Comm  more

Oklahoma Man Charged With Operating Large-Scale Dog Fighting and Trafficking Venture
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * Oklahoma Man Charged with Operating Large-Scale Dog Fighting and Trafficking 190 Dogs Seized, Most Ever Seized from a Single Person in a Dog Fighting Case The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma unsealed a grand jury indictment recently charging an Oklahoma man with violations of the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Leshon Eugene  more