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Associated Press
16-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Oklahoma inks deal with UAE company to build $4B aluminum smelting facility
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma state officials announced a deal Friday with a private company in the United Arab Emirates for the construction of a $4 billion aluminum manufacturing facility in northeast Oklahoma. Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Department of Commerce officials say the deal with Emirates Global Aluminum would result in the first new aluminum smelting facility to be built in the U.S. in 45 years. The annual capacity of the smelter would be about 600,000 tons (544,000 metric tons) of primary aluminum, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by Stitt and the company's CEO. The project is expected to create about 1,000 direct jobs and 1,800 indirect jobs, commerce officials said. The facility would be constructed on more than 350 acres (140 hectares) at the Port of Inola, east of Tulsa. The agreement is contingent upon the Oklahoma Legislature approving a package of financial incentives that includes $275 million from the state, as well as state property, sales and inventory tax exemptions.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Muskogee District Attorney Larry Edwards found dead
Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Edwards was found dead Monday morning, Muskogee Police Spokeswoman Lynn Hamlin confirmed. Hamlin said police officers were dispatched to Edwards' home around 8:05 a.m. "The Medical Examiner's office has been notified, there is nothing suspicious at this time and found him unresponsive," Hamlin said. Edwards was elected district attorney in 2022. He was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt the previous October to replace former Muskogee County District Attorney Orvil Loge.
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Inmate transferred to Oklahoma by Trump administration denied clemency, set to be executed
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma board denied clemency on Wednesday for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999, clearing the way for his execution next month after the Trump administration expedited his transfer from a federal prison. Oklahoma's five-member Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to reject clemency for 61-year-old John Fitzgerald Hanson. Hanson, whose name in some federal court records is George John Hanson, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on June 12. Without a recommendation from the board, Gov. Kevin Stitt is unable to commute Hanson's sentence to life in prison without parole.
