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THEIR VIEW: Is her name Judge Rip Van Bailey-Walker?

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CHARLESTON — Is it possible that Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker just awoke from a long slumber? Oh, say for at least four months?

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THEIR VIEW: Staying aggressive to improve West Virginia

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CHARLESTON — This past regular session, I put forward a progressive legislative agenda that put West Virginia families, job creation and education first.

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THEIR VIEW: Thompson’s Rasputin is hurting the House

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CHARLESTON — I never thought I’d say this, but boy-o-boy does the House of Delegates miss Bob Kiss.
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THEIR VIEW: Kessler would make good Democratic candidate

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CHARLESTON — I have had my problems with Jeff Kessler from time to time. But, especially considering his potential opponents in the Democratic primary in 2012, he would make a good candidate for Governor.
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THEIR VIEW: Merit selection for judges? Not so fast

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We often have a low opinion, and therefore only a modest expectation, of our politicians, but what happens when the politicians are judges or judicial candidates?
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THEIR VIEW: A citizen’s view of the state’s legal system

By CARL L. ARMOUR, Ph.D. According to widely disseminated national information, West Virginia ranks near the bottom among the 50 states for the reputation of our legal system. In the American Tort Reform Association’s (ATRA) Dec. 16, 2008, news release, … Read More »

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