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Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:27:57 GMT

When two controversial bills are on the same agenda on the same day at the State Legislature, there's a possibility that one will take priority over the other, and the second bill gets bumped to the next day.

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Most W.Va. cities need tools to fight blight

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:51 GMT

YEARS of economic deterioration have hit West Virginia hard, and her municipalities even harder.

Florida Revenue Estimates Coming - The Ledger

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:20:00 GMT

Tuesday is an important day in this year's session of the Florida Legislature. It is the final gathering of the Revenue Estimating Conference. Economists from the House, Senate and executive branch will make their estimates on the revenues the state ...

Edgar C.Gamponia: 'Surgery by surgeons' should be our standard

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:44 GMT

WILLIAM L. Ratcliff, O.D., said in a recent column that doctors of optometry should be allowed "to practice to the full extent of their training.

William Ratcliff: Optometry bill is good for West Virginians - Charleston Daily Mail

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:34:00 GMT

THANKS to the dedication of many in our Legislature, you may soon enjoy better access to quality eye care. The proposed legislation would change an antiquated law as to how doctors of optometry are regulated. It would allow the Board of Optometry to ...

Analysis: Session's length always an issue

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:24 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Now that several key issues will likely be passed over during the regular 60-day legislative session, lobbyists and lawmakers are again pondering the Legislature's eternal Goldilocks question: Is 60 days too long, too short or just right? Critics say the 60-day annual session, now in its last week, is too long and thus hammers ...

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Criminal code revisions still on table

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:15:39 GMT

Tackling the entire package of reforms in West Virginia's criminal code as a potential easing of crowded penal institutions just cannot be achieved in this legislative session, Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeffrey Kessler declared Monday.

After errors, global warming gets a cold shoulder - Boston Globe

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:24:00 GMT

A series of highly publicized errors in a landmark report about manmade global warming - and lingering controversy over hacked e-mails between climate scientists - is eroding public confidence in the research and could further stall efforts in ...

Readers' voice: March 9, 2010

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:42:29 GMT

Danny Jones got up and left his seat at the Alliance meeting; now he thinks they are plotting against him.

Home Value Highwire - WTOP Radio

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:53:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - It's supposed to be a home buyers market. The $8,000 home buyer tax credit is still available. There's low interest rates and lower home prices. So why aren't more homes selling? In part, you can blame the rise of foreclosures. Typically ...

Archive for March 2010 - The Spokesman-Review

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:00 GMT

OLYMPIA ? With four days left in the regular session, both houses have full days scheduled. The Senate is off over the lunch hour while their Ways and Means Committee meets to clear up some bills that have fiscal impact. But both chambers are ...

Blackford arson trial postponed

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:38:29 GMT

The trial of a former Bedington volunteer firefighter accused of starting a barn fire that injured another firefighter was postponed Monday after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals agreed to consider a request filed by the state Monday asking for a stay of proceedings.

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:00 GMT

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:22:08 GMT

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Cell phone legislation on the outs again - TMCnet

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:00 GMT

CHARLESTON, Mar 06, 2010 (The Register-Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- For three years now, Delegate Nancy Guthrie has toiled to take cell phones out of the hands of West Virginia motorists as a highway safety cause by ...

West Virginia legislators looking t.....

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:28:39 GMT

West Virginia legislators are working to curb crime and end the exodus of troopers from the State Police ranks.

The Limits of Rahmism - New York Times

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:04:00 GMT

AS A DOZEN or so top White House officials gathered in Rahm Emanuel ?s corner West Wing office one morning in early January, the president?s political director, Patrick Gaspard, reported on the latest poll numbers in Massachusetts. With less than ...

Eye care battle enters final week of session

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:40:24 GMT

Debate on a proposal to let optometrists perform more procedures has come down to the last few days of the Legislature's 2010 session.

EarthTalk: e-waste, 'natural' flavors - MSNBC

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:55:00 GMT

-- Jeff P., Worcester, Mass. Electronic waste, or ?e-waste? as it?s called, is a growing problem in the United States and abroad, as obsolete or broken computers and other electronic equipment are taking up increasingly precious amounts of ...

Improving W.Va. Public Education

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:39:25 GMT

West Virginia education officials and legislators certainly should determine precisely why our state will not receive a share of billions of dollars in federal funding through the "Race to the Top" school reform program.

W.Va. getting attention for election funding bill - Forbes

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:55:00 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Several national groups are taking sides on legislation, approved Monday in the state Senate, that would offer public funds to future candidates for West Virginia's Supreme Court. The Justice at Stake Campaign and the Committee ...

Texting and Driving Discussed at Legislative Session and in Classrooms

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:22 GMT

Texting behind the wheel is a concern that's now getting attention at the West Virginia Legislature.

The Woeful State of the States - Barron's Online

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

IN CALIFORNIA, THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR urges higher taxes and new borrowing in the face of a large gap between spending and revenue. In New York, the Democratic governor urges spending cuts in the face of a large budget gap. Perhaps they should trade ...

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:21:27 GMT

The West Virginia Legislature is considering making it a misdemeanor to text while driving.

March 2010 - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:28:00 GMT

Despite some modest aid from the federal stimulus plan, times are tough for public transportation. Across the country, agencies are seeing ridership and government funding drop even as they reduce services and raise fares to keep their budgets ...

Kessler Assesses Legislative Sessio.....

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:55:51 GMT

State Sen. Jeff Kessler is pleased a bill providing for public financing of Supreme Court races in 2012 has passed the House.

Sensibly restricting the EPA - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:11:00 GMT

... warming legislation, have nevertheless introduced or co-sponsored legislation in both the House and the Senate to forbid the EPA to seize the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Democrat senators from West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana and ...

Officials Looking To Curb Crime

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:55:41 GMT

West Virginia legislators are working to curb crime and end the exodus of troopers from the State Police ranks.