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Huntington attorney to serve as legal advisor to state mine office
Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has announced that Huntington attorney Menis E. Ketchum has agreed to serve as a volunteer legal advisor to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training (MHST) as it reviews and implements new mine safety regulations authorized earlier this month by the West Virginia Legislature. -
Unfair share
A proposal floating about our State Senate would require certain West Virginia businesses to spend at least eight percent of their employee wages on health insurance. -
Attorneys need to learn to market themselves, expert says
CHARLESTON – As the state Legislature begins to look at examining lawyer advertising, a Virginia attorney says the problem is that members of his profession never have been taught to market themselves and their services. -
Tomblin's comments on the Senate floor
SENATOR TOMBLIN: Mr. President, we started this year off on a very high note with the winning of the Sugar Bowl and from there we have all been in mourning for the last several weeks. -
Mine safety legislation
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Enabling lawyer advertising
Senate Majority Leader Truman Chafin, D-Mingo, says lawyer advertising in West Virginia is "shameful" and a "fraud." -
Meet the real victims of asbestos disease
It's time for America to meet the real victims of asbestos disease. -
2006 W.VA. LEGISLATURE CALENDAR
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Asbestos worth the risks, author Maines asserts
While the $140 billion asbestos trust fund bill stalls in congress, the asbestos litigation problem in America grows. Businesses have declared bankruptcy, jobs have been lost, consumer goods cost more and the country is less competitive. -
Legislature to join mine disaster investigation
House Speaker Bob Kiss CHARLESTON -- A special state legislative committee is joining the state-federal Sago Mine disaster investigation. -
Former Alito clerks optimistic about judge's chances
Samuel Alito CHARLESTON – Two former clerks of United States Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito are optimistic their former boss will be confirmed. -
Byrd had favorable meeting with Alito in November
Sen. Robert C. Byrd U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., says Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito respects the right of Americans to express their religious beliefs in public places. -
Estate of man running for Congress is sued
Tom Easterly WINFIELD – The estate of a man who was running for Congress is being sued by the son of a woman who also was killed in the accident that claimed his life earlier this year. -
Mississippi judge throws out cases diagnosed by Harron
Harron Square in Bridgeport is home to Dr. Ray Harron's office. A Mississippi judge has thrown out 4,202 silicosis claims following the lead set by a federal judge in Texas who hammered the plaintiffs' diagnoses as "manufactured."