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CHARLESTON – Legal advocacy groups hailed Gov. Joe Manchin’s official creation of a nine-member commission to study the state’s court system.
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O’Connor

CHARLESTON – Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has agreed to serve as the honorary chairwoman of Gov. Joe Manchin’s special commission on state courts, his office announced today.
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CHARLESTON – On a request from Gov. Joe Manchin, state lawmakers this week approved a $21 million special appropriation to pay court-appointed lawyers statewide. The measure came after the executive director of the state Public Defender Services said it spent … Read More »