State health groups form alert system
West Virginia health care groups formed the Statewide Provider Alert Network to rapidly notify physicians via fax or email about public health emergencies. The coalition includes the Medical Institute Hospital Association Department of Health and Human Resources and Emergency Services to deliver urgent treatment information and direct providers to key resources.
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Charleston
West Virginia Medical Institute
State’s Hospital Association
Medical Association
Department of Health and Human Resources
Office of Emergency Services
John Brehm
Institute
Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Colleges Grim Budget Cuts Hit PartTime Faculty
Newport News colleges report large funding shortfalls prompt cutting of adjunct instructors and hiring freezes. Virginia state leaders push 2 to 8 percent cuts over two years, with universities delaying hires and delaying purchases. Several schools like CNN Newport News and Tidewater Community College outline specific plans to absorb the strain.
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Newport News
Christopher Newport University
Jim Gilmore
Mark R. Warner
State of the Commonwealth
Gilmore
Warner
General Assembly
Donald J. Finley
Virginia Business Higher Education Council
Finley
CNN
Robert D. Doane
Doane
Old Dominion University
David R. Hager
Hager
Norfolk
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
W&m
Timothy J. Sullivan
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Louise Dudley
Arts and Sciences
Architecture
Dudley
Tidewater Community College
Deborah M. DiCroce
TCC
DiCroce
George Mason University
Fairfax
Daniel Walsh
Wilder to lead Virginia government efficiency panel
Former Gov L Douglas Wilder will head a 13 member commission created by Gov Mark Warner to audit state government for waste and inefficiency. The panel aims to deliver a report by August 1 detailing redundancies, consolidations, and technology uses to cut costs. Warner will sign 60 day agency contracts with measurable goals.
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Richmond
L. Douglas Wilder
Mark Warner
Wilder
Warner
Commission
Nigel Morris
Capital One
Senate
House of Delegates
Financial World Magazine
Virginia
Walter Stosch
Henrico
John A
Jack” Rollison
Prince William
Rollison
Capitol
West Virginia House and Senate approve session opener bills
The 2002 legislature began with the House passing HB2255 to require county clerks to post nondiscriminatory notices about property sales and declare illegal any race based covenants. Senate action followed on three bills SB78 SB163 and SB61, covering an industrial youth home, precinct boundary shifts, and financial interests in contracts.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Jon Amores
D-Kanawha
Harrison County
PSC advocate cites 2001 utility rate rise across sectors
West Virginia utility bills rose 6.6 percent in 2001 the sharpest jump since the Public Service Commission began its annual survey. Consumer advocate Billy Jack Gregg attributed most of the rise to natural gas and water charges. Prices varied by city with Hinton highest and Logan lowest, while neighboring states remained generally higher.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
PSC
Billy Jack Gregg
Mountaineer Gas
Dominion Hope
Panies
Mountaineer
Dominion
Gregg
Senate Finance Committee
West Virginia
Logan
Wheeling
Hinton
Oak Hill
Columbus
Prisoner dies after collapse at federal facility
Irving Winslow a 53 year old inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution collapsed in his cell and died at John Randolph Medical Center. Winslow from Washington DC had diabetes and an autopsy will be performed. He began a 121 month sentence in 1999 for crack cocaine distribution.
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Petersburg
Irving Winslow
Federal Correctional Institution
Joe Ludgate
John Randolph Medical Center
Winslow
Washington, D.C
Ludgate
Parole Board Delays Release for Traveling Evanggelist
The Virginia parole board deferred the mandatory release of Mario Tony Leyva, a traveling evangelist who molested dozens of boys at tent revivals in the Southeast. Scheduled for Feb 3, the review paused to assess post release plans after Leyva expressed intent to move to Roanoke or elsewhere. no new date set.
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Parole Board
Roanoke
State Parole Board
Mario
Tony” Leyva
Paul Keiser
Probation and Parole Office
Leyva
Daniel Crandall
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Jan Didawick
Webster
Didawick
Tony Lynch
Lynch
Morgan County
U.S
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PSC Consumer Advocate
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Lexington
Russell Potts
Winchester
Northern Virginia
Cooper & Secrest Associates Inc
American Viewpoint Inc
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Virginia Association of Counties
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