West Virginia eyes exit from BRIM II medical fund
West Virginia moves to end its BRIM II last resort insurance fund for doctors as House passes a malpractice bill. Officials say exit strategies target cutting tail costs and encouraging a doctor run mutual plan, with insurers wary of adverse selection and private market gaps. About 1,000 doctors enrolled. BRIM II premiums last year totaled 15.7 million dollars with 2.3 million from high risk enrollees.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Board of Risk and Insurance Management
Brim II
Tom Susman
House Finance Committee
House
Charles Trump
R-Morgan
West Virginia State Medical Association
Judiciary
Jon Amores
D-Kanawha
Amores
Medical Association
Mutual
Association
Doug McKinney
BRIM
Susman
House Finance
Medical Assurance
Chuck Jones
Wise
Senate
Flow of coal slurry halted at Nicholas County stream
After two days of leakage from Alex Energy’s Power Mountain No 1 site the flow of coal slurry into the right fork of Line Creek was stopped on Sunday. DEP officials lifted the cessation order but require a detailed plan to prevent recurrences as investigations continue. Contaminated water had seeped into the stream with flows dropping from 30 to about 1 gallon per minute by Saturday night.
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Summersville
Nicholas County
Division of
Environmental Protection
Alex Energy
Massey Energy Co
DEP
Jessica Greathouse
Comany
Power Mountain No. 1
Line Creek
Gauley
Greathouse
Warner faces close vote on seat belt bill in Virginia
In Richmond the House Transportation Committee faces a tight contest over Gov Mark R Warner's primary seat belt bill. Supporters argue lives would be saved while opponents warn government overreach. The vote appears too close to call with 140 seats total, and party loyalties fraying in rural districts.
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Warner
Richmond
House of Delegates Transportation Committee
Mark R. Warner
House
Del
Joe T. May
Loudoun
Transportation Committee
Virginia
District of Columbia
State of the Commonwealth
Senate
del. Albert C. Pollard Jr
Lancaster
Jackie T. Stump
Buchanan County
Thomas M. Bolvin
Timothy D. Hugo
Fairfax County
Charles
Bill” Carrico Sr
Grayson County
Virginia State Police
Carrico
David H. Hallock Jr
May
Roanoke man charged in triple homicide arson
Roanoke police arrest Askia Naim Tahriq Shabazz 31, formerly Jermaine Poindexter, on three counts of first degree murder and arson for a fatal apartment fire that claimed a woman and her two toddlers. He was captured by federal marshals in Louisville on January 10 and held in Roanoke City Jail.
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Roanoke
Askia Naim _ Tahriq Shabazz
Jermaine Donel Poindexter
Louisville
Roanoke City
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