Study Committee Formed to Examine Troubled Second-Injury Fund

With just months remaining before the state's second-injury fund becomes insolvent, lawmakers are taking baby steps toward resolving the crisis. State Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, has made a formal request with the speaker of the House to form a study committee in the legislative offseason to examine solutions to the fund's growing tally of unfunded liabilities, said Rep. Mike Osburn. Osburn, a Republican from Edmond, said he was asked to serve on the committee, but no meeting dates have been set. "Other than that, I really don't know much about it," Osburn...