State unemployment steady as WV rate climbs to 4.3
West Virginia’s unemployment rate rose four tenths to 4.3 percent in November, with 34,600 jobless. Over the year the state shed 4,400 jobs, mainly in manufacturing, trade and construction, while services and mining added. A separate note: Gov Wise announced the first phase of making state websites accessible by Jan 1, including explanations for graphics and text menus. House will get laptops for all 100 members to replace paper. The Rockefeller family donated 15 million to WVU's Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, a Johns Hopkins collaboration, aiming to advance memory and brain research.
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Gilmore proposes phasing out car tax by 2005
Gov. Jim Gilmore on Monday urged completing the car tax phaseout by 2004 and abolishing it by 2005 through a constitutional amendment that would grant localities a share of the state income tax. The move follows a tax reform panel’s 48 page report advocating incentives, the removal of the BPO tax, and keeping Internet taxes tax-free.
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Jim Gilmore
Gilmore
Virginia
General Assembly
Recht Conducts Hearing on School Funding Reform
West Virginia judge Arthur Recht, almost two decades after his 1982 ruling, set an April 19 post-session hearing to urge Gov. Wise and lawmakers to revise education funding. Attended by House Speaker Kiss, Senate President Tomblin, and counsel Macia, the hearing aims to address remaining funding shortfalls and create a monitoring plan.
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West Virginia Media Names Holly Shannon News Chief
West Virginia Media Holdings named Holly Shannon senior vice president of news. The award winning journalist, formerly at WFAA Dallas and WPLG Miami, brings deep TV news leadership and Emmy winning coverage to coordinate statewide news efforts. CEO Bray Cary praised her experience as a valuable asset. The company owns The State Journal and WBOY-TV and has optioned WOWK-TV in Charleston Huntington.
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Charleston- Huntington
County to name Mercer shelter director in special meeting
Mercer County Commission will name a new director for the Mercer County Animal Shelter at a 9 a.m. session in the courthouse. Commissioners Coburn Disibbio and Anderson will also discuss a development grant for Glen Wood Park Retirement Village, a county employee service plan with the Disability Management Group, and a Land & Water Conservation Fund grant for Glenwood Recreation Park. The shelter post has been vacant since November after Teresa Dobbins stepped down.
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Mercer County
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Karen Disibbio
John Anderson
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Rise in bacterial infection prompts hand washing call
State health officials advised thorough hand washing to curb shigellosis spread in Virginia. The illness, spread via infected feces, causes fever and diarrhea and is common in day care and pre school settings where children frequently put hands near mouths.
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