OGE ENOGEX PARTNERS BEGINS IPO
OGE Enogex Partners LP - a wholly owned subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp. - began an initial public offering of 7.5 million common units on Wednesday. - Jerry Shottenkirk

AMERICAN PARKING PAYS $2.16M FOR TULSA'S FIRST PARKING GARAGE
American Parking of Tulsa paid $2.16 million for Tulsa's first automobile parking garage structure. - Kirby Lee Davis

BUSH SIGNS FOIA'S FIRST BOOSTER IN 11 YEARS
The first substantive change in the federal Freedom of Information Act in more than 11 years was signed into law without fanfare recently by President Bush. - Marie Price

DEEP FORK GROUP SELLS CHARLIE NEWTON'S
An Oklahoma City group sold a restaurant that has been a fixture in the city for many years to a local buyer just after the first of the year. - Kelley Chambers

OCU LAW SCHOOL TO HOST 9TH CIRCUIT JUDGE, 10TH CIRCUIT PROCEEDINGS
The Oklahoma City University School of Law launches its Jurist in Residence program with a four-day visit from Judge Michael Daly Hawkins of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. - Marie Price

LAWTON COMPANY LOSES TURNPIKE CONTRACT
A company with a 20-year history of providing gas and concessions along Oklahoma turnpikes failed to concede to certain contract terms in time to win a new contract with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. - Janice Francis-Smith

GARRETT OUTLINES FUNDING REQUESTS FOR EDUCATION
Oklahoma educators want $503 million more for public schools next year to pay for teacher pay raises, rising school operating costs and adding five instructional days to the academic year, state Superintendent of Schools Sandy Garrett said Wednesday. - Tim Talley, Associated Press

NEW OBA CHIEF FOCUSES ON IMPROVING LAWYERS' LIVES
Bill Conger is not even sworn in yet as the new president of the Oklahoma Bar Association, but he is hitting the ground running with several issues he thinks are most important for the organization and its 15,000 members. - Marie Price

CARGILL OUTLINES PLAN TO CUT TAXES, EXEMPTIONS
Look out, worm breeders. The sales tax exemption currently enjoyed by "persons regularly engaged in the business of raising worms, fish or insects" will be thoroughly examined during the upcoming weeks, as House Republican leaders look for tax credits and exemptions that may be eliminated. - Janice Francis-Smith

BAKERS CASH IN AS WEDDINGS CALL FOR UNIQUE, COSTLY CAKES
Pop culture references like Martha Stewart and the Food Channel are influencing couples to have unique, elaborate and expensive wedding cakes. - Heather Caliendo