Wheat farmers may be left out of stimulus payments
Hogan Gore, Gaylord News
April 27, 2020
Tucked inside the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package signed into law nearly a month ago are funds designed to help farmers, ranchers and the food supply chain to survive the pandemic’s blow. But wheat farmers, one of the largest commodities grown in Oklahoma, could be left out. “Wheat...
Businesses, Banks Continue Wait For More Relief Funding
Hogan Gore, Gaylord News
April 21, 2020
More than 35,000 Oklahoma small businesses received loans from the federal $2 trillion stimulus plan last week, but thousands more are stuck waiting for a refill for a program that blew through $350 billion in less than three weeks. Steve Bullock, president of Fail-Safe Solutions LLC in Oklahoma City,...
REAL ID progress for Oklahoma slowed by COVID-19 concerns
Jessie Christopher Smith, Gaylord News
April 21, 2020
A long-awaited program that would help Oklahoma passengers board airline flights without issue has been delayed again -- this time because of COVID-19. For many years Oklahoma has been defiant in complying with the REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005 to make state driver’s licenses more secure...
