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MORGANTOWN — It’s a common practice for campaigns to send out trackers to follow their opponent’s every move. Trackers videotape candidates’ speeches and interaction with voters.
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CHARLESTON — Jury trials in civil cases are becoming remnants of the past. For instance, only 1.8 percent of the civil cases filed in federal court result in a jury trial. I don’t have any statistics, but I would wager that fewer than 1 percent of the civil cases filed in West Virginia are tried before a jury.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -— The recent ruling in Loughry v. Tennant is deeply disappointing and means judges will continue dialing for dollars from major campaign spenders.
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Dear Editor: With the Democrats having concluded their national party convention in Charlotte, a New York Times analysis in last Sunday’s edition rated the loyalty quotient of party factions, landing the mug of West Virginia’s U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in … Read More »