Commission, Court Consolidate Offices in Downtown Tulsa

The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission and the Court of Existing Claims are consolidating courtroom and office space in downtown Tulsa, state officials announced this week. “This agreement is an opportunity to take advantage of economies of scale, and introduce some common sense into a governmental operation,” Commissioner Mark Liotta, chairman of the commission, said in an email. The Court of Existing Claims is a vestige of the Oklahoma workers' comp system left over from before sweeping changes were passed by the Legislature in 2013. The law created a new com...