Oklahoma legislator News

An Oklahoma legislator has been awarded $51,300 in workers’ compensation for injuries sustained in a 2009 accident while driving to the Capitol. A lawyer for state Rep. Mike Christian says he’s received the check to compensate Christian for the effects …

An appeals panel has upheld a controversial ruling that state Rep. Mike Christian is due workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he suffered in a 2009 traffic accident. The panel, however, cut the legislator’s award from $61,560 to $51,300. Christian, R-Oklahoma …