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At the conclusion of one’s term in office, what more can anyone ask but that one’s time in service will have made a profound and lasting impact toward improving the lives of people we serve and society as whole? I firmly believe this goal has been achieved.
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CHARLESTON – Most people are eager to put 2020 behind them for obvious reasons. But state Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins has one more reason to look forward to 2021 because he'll serve as Chief Justice in the coming year.
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CHARLESTON – The second Republican revolution in West Virginia occurred November 3, 2020, as the longtime minority party swept away the last vestiges of Democratic dominance in the state, solidified the expanding political empire of the late Gov. Arch Moore and crushed the remnants of the Democratic Party in the Legislature.
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CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice won re-election against challenger Ben Salango.
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CHARLESTON – As expected, West Virginia voters seemingly was going red in almost every statewide race.
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CHARLESTON – A member of the House of Delegates is pushing for legislation that would protect teachers, school systems, churches and businesses from frivolous lawsuits related to COVID-19.
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CHARLSTON – Delegate Isaac Sponaugle pulled ahead as the final precinct numbers rolled in, apparently giving him the Democratic nomination in the state Attorney General race.Sponaugle, who trailed Beckley attorney Sam Brown Petsonk by nearly 800 votes at midnight with 98 percent of statewide precincts reporting.
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CHARLESTON – A state Senator and four members of the House of Delegates have filed a petition with the state Supreme Court saying Gov. Jim Justice has abused his power through the Coronavirus pandemic.
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It’s time to stop panicking and do what we can to minimize the economic fallout from the Coronavirus pandemic.
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CHARLESTON – West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael says legislation is being drafted to ensure liability protections to protect small business owners and workers, especially health care workers who are protecting our state’s citizens amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
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As businesses across West Virginia slowly begin to reopen, some do so with the fear of litigation. State Sen. Eric Tarr (R-Putnam) said he fears his and other small businesses across the state will be vulnerable to advantageous trial attorneys.
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“If these businesses remain open and viable to serve the public’s needs ... they need protection from possible lawsuits.”
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CHARLESTON – State lawmakers and others are discussing legislation to provide some sort of immunity to health care providers, businesses and others who have remained open during the Coronavirus pandemic. A group for trial attorneys, however, say the legislation is politically motivated and unnecessary.
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GLEN DALE – A shipment of 500,000 N95 masks and 500,000 protective outfit are headed to West Virginia, and former state Senate President Jeff Kessler played a key role in making it happen.
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“Will this be the year that West Virginia finally gets an intermediate appellate court?”That was the question we posed in an editorial two weeks ago.
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CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates narrowly defeated the bill that would have created an intermediate court of appeals.
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CHARLESTON — Several amendments were adopted during the House of Delegates' debate on the bill creating an intermediate appellate court before it was advanced to third reading.
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CHARLESTON — Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia supports a bill that would establish an intermediate court.
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CHARLESTON — The House Finance Committee voted on Monday to favorably report Senate Bill 275 to the House floor to be discussed.
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CHARLESTON — The House Judiciary Committee narrowly passed a bill that would establish an intermediate appeals court in the state Friday.
