“Chesapeake Energy Selling Oklahoma Acreage to Chinese Company”
The nation’s No. 2 natural gas producer is selling half its acreage in northern Oklahoma’s Mississippi Lime play. Source: Newsok …
Oklahoma’s Energy Boom Boosts Unclaimed Oil and Gas Money
Drilling for oil and natural gas has surged, and the pile of cash owed to unknown mineral-rights owners is growing …
New Severance Tax On Limestone Not Dead After All
Joe Wertz / StateImpact Oklahoma A gate into a silica sand mining operation near Mill Creek in south-central Oklahoma. For …
Supreme Court Considers If Warrantless DNA Swab Violates Constitution
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Tuesday in a case that could throw a monkey wrench into the widespread …
Seeking A ‘Field Of Dreams’ For A Rising Drone Industry
In three years, the federal government is expected to open the skies for the civilian use of drones. But before …
Loaded Words: How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
The country has been debating gun regulations for months. Later this week, a Senate committee will start work on various …
Underwater Hunger Artist: Giant Isopod Fasts For 4 Years
From Japan comes news of a giant isopod that knows all there is to know about the hunger game. How …
Governors’ D.C. Summit Dominated By Medicaid And The Sequester
When the nation’s governors gathered in Washington, D.C., over the weekend for their annual winter meeting, the gathering’s official theme …
Sandwich Monday: Fish McBites
The McDonald’s menu is a sacred document, like the Constitution. You can’t just add things willy-nilly. It took hard work …
Italian Elections Produce Murky Result, Financial Jitters
As Italy’s elections results came in Monday, the country appeared headed toward political gridlock, a development that rattled financial markets …
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