News from 2006
Tax modernization a step toward improving economy
Manchin CHARLESTON -- Several months ago, I asked the West Virginia Department of Revenue to embark on an exhaustive study of our tax system looking at how we could not only modernize our current system, but also give our taxpayers some relief -– so that we could continue to make our state more attractive to both businesses and citizens alike.
Poll shows voters want Congress to end lawsuit abuse
WASHINGTON -- As the newly elected Congress looks to set its legislative agenda, one issue that enjoys broad bipartisan support from voters is legal reform, according to a poll released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).
SupCo calendar for 11/13 issue
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Several factors behind Blankenship campaign's results, expert says
Blankenship CHARLESTON – A combination of a number of factors likely is responsible for the poor showing of candidates backed by Don Blankenship, according to a top state political scientist.
Vioxx cases not all big payoffs
A bottle of Vioxx CHARLESTON - The numbers are staggering.
Standalone art for 11/13 issue: Building for Habitat
The Kanawha Valley Board of Realtors Foundation is sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity home on Jubilee Drive in South Charleston. Recently, the entire staff of Real Estate Central in Cross Lanes worked a day at the site. Other realty companies also donated volunteers and time to the effort.
PERSONNEL FILE: William Black joins Steptoe & Johnson
Black CLARKSBURG -- William J. Black has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Clarksburg office as an associate.
Two rulings shine light on work-related injuries
CHARLESTON – West Virginians cannot sue over injuries they suffer at work except when employers deliberately intend to expose them to risk.
'The Law Works' looks at unclaimed property act
CHARLESTON -- On Thursday, "The Law Works" talks about the state's unclaimed property act with guest Carolyn Atkinson from the West Virginia Treasurer's Office.
New York trip to highlight state's growth
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the West Virginia Development Office will be hosting a special trip Thursday to New York City to highlight West Virginia's economic progress and growth.
Couple sues Wal-Mart over tree stand
HUNTINGTON - A Poca couple is blaming the manufacturer and seller of a tree stand that they say was faulty and caused a November 2004 fall.
Orrick plans merger
Ralph Baxter CHARLESTON - Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, a San Francisco-based law firm that built its Global Operations Center in Wheeling, has reached an agreement to merge with New York-based Dewey Ballantine.
Letter to the Editor: Watchdogs? That's a stretch
Dear Editor:
Final "Dirty Dozen" Candidates List Released
CHARLESTON – Two days before the general election, a state legal watchdog group has posted its final "Dirty Dozen" list of legislative candidates whose campaigns have accepted the most money from personal injury lawyer special interests.
Blankenship optimistic as election nears
Blankenship CHARLESTON -- Heading into the final weekend of the election campaign, Don Blankenship said his political action group will be working even harder to get the word out about which candidates it wants to see win and lose.
There's something about Larry
The American Bar Association says to have "judicial temperament... implies an absence of arrogance, impatience, pomposity, loquacity, irascibility, arbitrariness or tyranny."
What a difference a day can make
Cohen The new touch-screen technology on West Virginia voting machines makes casting a ballot as simple as milking a little cash out of your bank's ATM.
Justices say no to building new bridge
CHARLESTON – Luther Ellison and Harold Wolfe thought they owned two thirds of a bridge they built across a neighbor's land to their land, but they learned otherwise when a new neighbor tore the bridge down.