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Employers may have more room to appeal willful violations

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And now a ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission could encourage more companies to appeal willful citations in hopes of having them reduced to serious. An administrative law judge for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission appeared to be following that same logic in a second case.

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Business Facilities LiveXchange To Kick Off This Weekend

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Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. North Carolina’s Northeast Commission. Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development (TN). Greater Houston Partnership/Centerpoint Energy (TX). Hernando County Florida & Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport. Louisiana Department of Economic Development/AEP:SWEPCO.

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Seismic Side Effects

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Oklahoma is among at least four U.S. According to reports, most of the quakes in a swarm of temblors between Oklahoma City and Guthrie, OK have been accompanied by a loud explosive sound that’s been likened to a thunderclap or cannonball. or greater on the Richter Scale.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), working with other state agencies, offers a Career Readiness Certificate to potential employees. population.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) provides access to a team of highly skilled professionals who provide technical assistance, at no charge, to help streamline the development of projects and proposals. Source: Texas Workforce Commission). In October 2015, the Texas Workforce Commission announced the award of a $1.7

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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Oklahoma Quality Events Program: If incremental sales taxes are greater in a community as the result of hosting a quality event, this incentive program allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to make a payment of no more than $250,000 to the host community for eligible expenses resulting from hosting the Quality Event.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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However, recent developments have made it difficult to get an accurate fix on the metro pecking order in this critical employment sector, as jobs continue to shift between aerospace hubs in Wichita, Charleston, Seattle and Oklahoma City. Therefore, in our 2012 report we have refocused this category as a state ranking.

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