BILL AIMS TO CLEAR CONFUSION ON DRUG USE, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission wants there to be no confusion about whether workers fired for drug use are eligible for unemployment benefits. - Janice Francis-Smith

QUESTAR TO BOOST TULSA OFFICE NEARLY 50%
Questar Corp. will add 25 employees at its Tulsa office as the Salt Lake City-based energy company absorbs its $655 million acquisitions of two Louisiana properties. - Kirby Lee Davis

OKLA. BUSINESS SCHOOLS STRIVE TO FIND THEIR NICHE
Some may dispute rankings as biased and inaccurate. Just ask any Sooner or Cowboy football fan when the BCS reveals its rankings. They may not agree with the rankings, but like it or not, they have to accept them. The same stands true with business school rankings. - Heather Caliendo

ENERCON EXPANDS SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH EXISTING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Enercon Services Inc. will file its NuStart Energy nuclear power plant application, the third it has completed for customers in a year.

SURVEY SHOWS AGE DIFFERENCE IN GOVERNMENT JOB SATISFACTION
Government workers under 40 are more likely than their older counterparts to look for work elsewhere, and view their overall careers as more important, according to a new Segal Company survey. - Staff Report

'KNEE-JERK' REACTIONS KEEP OIL PRICES HIGH
The reaction to $100 crude oil prices varies in Oklahoma. For the oil and gas industry, the news is good, and accelerated production adds more tax money for the state. For consumers, it means higher prices at the pump and more of a strain on the wallet. - Jerry Shottenkirk

TEXAS DUO CHARGED IN RACETRACK SCANDAL
Operators of a second allegedly illegal horse racing track in Love County face racketeering, conspiracy and commercial gambling charges, says Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. - Staff Report