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McGraw, Obama in trouble in W.Va., poll shows

October 31, 2008 2:00 PM
By John O'Brien
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McGraw

CHARLESTON – Four-term West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw likely will fail in his efforts to be re-elected, a North Carolina-based polling firm says.
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Judge affirms block against campaign disclosure laws

October 20, 2008 3:22 PM
By John O'Brien
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McGraw

CHARLESTON – While state Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s office appeals, an injunction against recently passed campaign advertising disclosure laws will remain.
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Requested records not missing, McGraw’s office says

October 14, 2008 2:00 PM
By John O'Brien
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McGraw

CHARLESTON – Six months of records thought to be missing from state Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s office have been reprinted and are ready to be viewed, office Comptroller Joe Clay said Tuesday.
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W.Va. AG challenger turns to Legislature for McGraw probe

October 10, 2008 1:27 PM
By John O'Brien
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Greear

CHARLESTON – Dan Greear, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, is urging lawmakers to investigate records missing from incumbent Darrell McGraw’s office.
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Paper analyzes economic effect of W.Va. SC

October 9, 2008 10:49 AM
By John O'Brien
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Sobel

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An economics professor at West Virginia University has authored a piece criticizing the effect the state Supreme Court has had on the business climate.
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McGraw tabbed state’s top lawsuit abuser

October 8, 2008 1:39 PM
By John O'Brien
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Cohen

CHARLESTON – State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been named by a legal reform group as the state’s top lawsuit abuser in 2008.
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Manchin eyeing lawsuit in wake of economic downturn

October 7, 2008 11:16 AM
By Chris Dickerson
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Manchin

CHARLESTON – Gov. Joe Manchin is investigating the possibility of taking legal action against major national investment firms whose failures resulted in a multi-million dollar loss to the state’s portfolio.
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Judge tells group to change argument against campaign laws

October 2, 2008 10:00 AM
By John O'Brien
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Ireland

BLUEFIELD – The amendment of a few West Virginia campaign laws has negated a nonprofit group’s attack on the originals, a federal judge recently decided.
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