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Conduct unbecoming

October 26, 2007 3:53 PM
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Are state attorneys general ready for reform? Read More »

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Letter to the Editor: Starcher pretending to be a justice is news?

October 25, 2007 2:30 PM

Dear Editor: I find it curious that in the October 22nd edition of The West Virginia Record that you found it news worthy to print that Larry Starcher was at the “Roots and Branches” symposium in Huntington pretending to be … Read More »

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Sprouse’s thoughts on Go-Mart verdict not based in fact

October 25, 2007 12:32 PM
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There is little that is factual in Sen. Vic Sprouse’s recent diatribe against a jury verdict that found in favor of a man who lost his leg after being run over by an 18-wheel, semi-truck in a Go-Mart parking lot.
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Learning and reaffirming from world leaders

October 25, 2007 8:39 AM
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CHARLESTON — The last two weeks have been a busy time of travel for me. I’ve met with company officials and business leaders in New York City, and in Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Read More »

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Man sues building

October 19, 2007 12:48 PM
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Jim Casey is supposed to be the West Virginia trial lawyers’ lobbyist, not its caricature. Read More »

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Trusting a new state slogan: Why ‘Open For business’ didn’t last

October 18, 2007 10:00 AM
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CHARLESTON — Before deer season we could well know the new state slogan for West Virginia.
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Letter to the Editor: Domestic violence articles were fair, balanced

October 18, 2007 8:28 AM

Dear Editor: I want to thank you for your fair and balanced articles of false accusation of domestic violence. The problems that you reported when someone accuses another of domestic violence finally leads to unfair treatment of the falsely accused. … Read More »

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Letter to the Editor: A word of thanks from New Hampshire

October 18, 2007 8:25 AM

Dear Editor: It is a breath of fresh air to see an honest newspaper that reports honestly to its citizens what goes on in their judicial system. Your position and goal: “to cover West Virginia’s legal system in a way … Read More »

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Partiality taints our courts

October 12, 2007 12:42 PM
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West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher has, for a second time, refused to recuse himself from the case of Colgan Air. Read More »

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Letter to the Editor: Record shouldn’t have ran Sprouse attacks on Workman

October 11, 2007 9:55 AM

Dear Editor, It is both surprising and disappointing that the editors of The West Virginia Record printed Vic Sprouse’s Sept. 18 attack against former Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Margaret Workman. Mr. Sprouse’s rant may have met whatever level of … Read More »

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West Virginia isn’t a judicial hellhole? Tell that to Go-Mart

October 10, 2007 4:12 PM

By VIC SPROUSE CHARLESTON — If you are a West Virginia business – LOOK OUT! Because the lottery judicial system we have is just around the corner barrelling toward you. Did anyone see this absolutely stunning jury verdict laid down … Read More »

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‘It’s laughable’

October 5, 2007 12:26 PM
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There’s disrespectful, then there’s Fran Hughes, the government lawyer-turned-West Virginia’s self-appointed Scarecrow-in-Chief. Read More »

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A response to a response

October 4, 2007 9:23 AM
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CHARLESTON — Margaret Workman responded to my column last week (that was picked up by The West Virginia Record) and I don’t normally respond to a response, but I thought I’d give it one more try.
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Veterans, military families are not forgotten

October 4, 2007 8:30 AM
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CHARLESTON — As the United States continues to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, we must remember our brave young men and women in uniform.
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Voting a Provisional Ballot can be confusing

October 4, 2007 7:00 AM
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CHARLESTON — One of the issues that surfaces among voters and the media from time to time pertains to the use and voting of provisional ballots.
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