West Virginia and Virginia lawmakers face looming budget strains in 2016
West Virginias looming budget fight features proposing to cut severance taxes and possibly adopt right to work while Virginia Senate leader Thomas Norment clashes with the press over access. The piece notes widespread economic stress in Four Seasons Country, layoffs, and cautious talk of tax-revenue recovery tied to jobs.
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Senate
Bill Cole
R-Mercer
Four Seasons
Cole
West Virginia
Union
West
Virginia Senate
Thomas K. Norment
James City
Thomas J. “Stonewall
Jackson
Richmond
Norment
Bob McDonnell
Hte
House of Delegates
William J. Howell
House
Bluefield Daily staff credits and bible verse note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff roles with Randy Moone as Publisher and Samantha Perry as Editor plus Andy Patton as Assistant Managing Editor and Charles Owens as Sports Editor. A biblical verse is included: Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
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Andy Patton
Charles Owens
Brian Woodson
Government tops Americans' problems in Gallup yearly poll
Gallup monthly polls show government as the leading national problem for 2015, with 16 percent naming it first, followed by the economy at 13 percent and unemployment and immigration tied at 8 percent. The piece notes shifting issue emphasis across administrations and elections, urging focus on freedom and responsive governance.
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Gallup
U.S
Barack Obama
Gap
Iggest
Letters on wisdom and restoring good government
A reader argues there is no monopoly on wisdom and warns of decline in American governance. Citing Smokey Shott, Franklin, and 2016 candidates, the letter criticizes Bernie Sanders’s welfare state aims and Donald Trump’s chaos tweet, urging serious informed candidates from both parties to lead.
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Smokey’ Shott
America
Ben Franklin
Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump
Jeb Bush
Trump
Obama
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Congress
Washington
Haley
Oatea
Donald
Feolvtat
Civility call to action echoed from Obama and Haley
Martin Schram notes a rare State of the Union moment where Barack Obama and Nikki Haley urged unity and civility to tackle a “plague” harming democracy. He contrasts their bipartisan appeal with prior gridlock and partisan blame, praising Haley for immigration reform comments and Obama for condemning anti Muslim insults as unpatriotic.
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Nikki
Barack Hussein Obama
Honolulu
Hawaii
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Randhawa
Bamberg
S.C
Obama
Haley
Republican Party
Lincoln
Roosevelt
America
CNN
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Ronald Reagan
Martin Schram
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