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The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) released on August 3 shows that unemployment in Seminole County dropped compared to what was reported last year but rose compared to the previous month. This report contains the statistics for June 2022.
Read moreOklahoma’s annual sales tax holiday, designed to help ease the financial burden of back-to-school shopping, is officially underway.
Read moreThe honoring of new industry in Seminole and this area was discussed in this column a bit yesterday. Today we pick up some of the reminiscing we did after that announcement was made by Chamber President Lonnie Howz and Industrial Division Chairman John Marshall.
Read moreLegend has it that Oklaoma was surveyed by a team of government agents prior to statehood. At the end of the project, they met to compare their results, but all presented vastly different accounts of the same territory.
Read morePer the fall 2021 and spring 2022 Unified Agendas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Wednesday that the agency is moving forward in reducing the administrative burden on government entities and nonprofit organizations receiving FEMA grants following a disaster.
Read moreCongressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) recently introduced the Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable (FAIR) Contributions Act to study the impact big streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have on rural network costs and availability. This legislation would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a study into the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers. It will also allow broadband providers to supply the FCC with aggregate data on how much of their network bandwidth is being utilized by edge providers.
Read moreDEAR ABBY: I have worked for the same company for 20 years. For the last eight years, I was part of an office book club, mostly because I was pressured regularly by the boss to participate. The members were mostly a clique of “mean girls.” I never felt a part of it or comfortable, but I pushed through the oncea-month meetings to keep the peace. When COVID sent everyone home to work the past two years, the book club was over, or so I thought, hoped and prayed. As things are loosening up now, though, the pressure is mounting again. I do not want to return to that routine, but the powers that be don’t seem to accept any excuse or reason. After 24 months of freedom, forcing me back into it is causing great anxiety. What would you advise me to say or do to be left out of this without antagonizing the boss? -- WANNA-BE-DROPOUT
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