Stitt names Russell chair of Workers' Compensation Commission   Shawn Ashley, eCapitol  Gov. Kevin Stitt has named Jordan Russell chair of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation  Commission.  Stitt's appointment of Russell to the post comes after Commissioner Mark Liotta...

Stitt Appoints Keely District Judge for Tulsa, Pawnee Counties eCapitol StaffGov. Kevin Stitt Wednesday announced the appointment Wednesday of Michelle Lee Bodine Keely as a district judge for Tulsa and Pawnee Counties."Mrs. Keely served our state and country with...

by Shawn Ashley, eCapitol The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims first gubernatorially appointed administrator Tuesday, along with the reappointing of a sitting judge on the court. Dustin Davison...

New Oklahoma License Plate Law https://kfor.com/2019/04/03/license-plate-law-change-new-law-means-you-will-take-tags-with-you/  

By Shawn Ashley, eCapitol The Workers' Compensation Commission will be left to struggle with the issue of medical marijuana intoxication even after receiving answers to several questions from an expert on the issue. The Physician Advisory Committee to the Workers'...

House committee discusses future of Court of Existing Claims  Source: Shawn Ashley, eCapitol The workers' compensation Court of Existing Claims is scheduled to be abolished in 2020 but it likely needs to continue to exist, the House Judiciary Committee was told...

NCCI reduces loss cost rate again for Oklahoma Oklahoma's workers' compensation insurance rates could decline again in 2019 after the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) proposed an overall loss cost decrease of 2.3 percent in a filing that many insurers...

Workers' Compensation Commission evaluating medical fee schedule changes Shawn Ashley, eCapitol The chair of the Workers' Compensation Commission hopes to see the state move toward a formulaic medical fee schedule and away from an arbitrary schedule....