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The Senate Transportation Committee held an interim study Wednesday to look at the both the costs and the benefits of the Heartland Flyer, the AmTrack line that brought back passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth after a 20 year absence.

Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer, requested the study. His district includes Ardmore, one of the stops on the Heartland Flyer line. That community and Oklahoma City are both making millions of dollars in infrastructure investments in their railway stations and other related improvements to capitalize on the rail line.

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Simpson discusses Wednesday's hearing on Heartland Flyer.
Roy Williams on passenger rail importance.

The Senate Transportation Committee held an interim study Wednesday to look at the both the costs and the benefits of the Heartland Flyer, the AmTrack line that brought back passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth after a 20 year absence.

Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer, requested the study. His district includes Ardmore, one of the stops on the Heartland Flyer line. That community and Oklahoma City are both making millions of dollars in infrastructure investments in their railway stations and other related improvements to capitalize on the rail line.

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Simpson discusses Wednesday's hearing on Heartland Flyer.
Roy Williams on passenger rail importance.

Lawmakers heard testimony from members of the insurance industry, consumer advocacy organizations and citizens Tuesday as they examined an issue many Oklahomans may not be aware of—how insurance companies use credit scores and other financial information, including buying habits, to decide a policy holder’s car insurance rates.

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Sen Standridge on study on credit and car insurance rates.
Rep Cleveland disucsses use of credit in car insurance premiums.

Lawmakers heard testimony from members of the insurance industry, consumer advocacy organizations and citizens Tuesday as they examined an issue many Oklahomans may not be aware of—how insurance companies use credit scores and other financial information, including buying habits, to decide a policy holder’s car insurance rates.

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Sen Standridge on study on credit and car insurance rates.
Rep Cleveland disucsses use of credit in car insurance premiums.

A joint committee of Senate and House members met Tuesday to study state employee insurance plans and how to better serve the health needs of state and education employees while also controlling health care costs to the state. The study was requested by Sen. Kim David, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Broken Arrow.
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Sen. Kim David & Rep. Michael Rogers explain why they requested the interim study on state employee health insurance.
Sen. David discusses her thoughts on the solutions presented by the three health organizations.
Rep. Rogers shares his thoughts on the solutions presented.
Sen. David & Rep. Rogers discuss the next steps in addressing climbing healthcare costs in OK.

A joint committee of Senate and House members met Tuesday to study state employee insurance plans and how to better serve the health needs of state and education employees while also controlling health care costs to the state. The study was requested by Sen. Kim David, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Broken Arrow.
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Sen. Kim David & Rep. Michael Rogers explain why they requested the interim study on state employee health insurance.
Sen. David discusses her thoughts on the solutions presented by the three health organizations.
Rep. Rogers shares his thoughts on the solutions presented.
Sen. David & Rep. Rogers discuss the next steps in addressing climbing healthcare costs in OK.

A joint committee of Senate and House members met Tuesday to study state employee insurance plans and how to better serve the health needs of state and education employees while also controlling health care costs to the state. The study was requested by Sen. Kim David, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Broken Arrow.
read more.

Sen. Kim David & Rep. Michael Rogers explain why they requested the interim study on state employee health insurance.
Sen. David discusses her thoughts on the solutions presented by the three health organizations.
Rep. Rogers shares his thoughts on the solutions presented.
Sen. David & Rep. Rogers discuss the next steps in addressing climbing healthcare costs in OK.

A joint committee of Senate and House members met Tuesday to study state employee insurance plans and how to better serve the health needs of state and education employees while also controlling health care costs to the state. The study was requested by Sen. Kim David, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and Rep. Michael Rogers, R-Broken Arrow.
read more.

Sen. Kim David & Rep. Michael Rogers explain why they requested the interim study on state employee health insurance.
Sen. David discusses her thoughts on the solutions presented by the three health organizations.
Rep. Rogers shares his thoughts on the solutions presented.
Sen. David & Rep. Rogers discuss the next steps in addressing climbing healthcare costs in OK.

A child abuse registry created in 2010 to help child care providers screen out potential employees with findings of abuse or neglect has glaring gaps that could leave many Oklahoma children at risk. That’s according to Sen. AJ Griffin, who requested an interim study to look at the issue. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday about the child abuse registry known as Joshua’s List, named for a two-year-old killed by a family child care home provider. read more.

Sen AJ Griffin on child abuse registry gaps.

Nationwide, more than 70 percent of wrongful convictions in criminal cases were tied to misidentification by eyewitnesses. In Oklahoma, that’s the case in about 30 percent of such cases. On Monday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the need for law enforcement to adopt proven methods aimed at improving the reliability of eyewitness identification. State Sen. David Holt requested the interim study.

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Sen Holt discusses eyewitness misidentification.
Timothy Durham was misidentified, convicted and sent to prison for child rape.
Vicki Behenna, Exec Dr of the Okla Innocence Project.