Legislature passes first bill of session in West Virginia
Charleston AP reports the first bill cleared by the Legislature lets local governments adjust precinct boundaries to align with new legislative districts. The Senate approved SB163 last week and the House endorsed it Wednesday. it now goes to Gov. Wise for signature. An offered amendment to require the redistricting office to provide computer data and maps was rejected.
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Charleston
Senate
House of Delegates
Bob Wise
Legislative
House
Charles Trump
R-Morgan
Jon Amores
Amores
D-Kanawha
Ames True Temper consolidates offices in Camp Hill
Ames True Temper merges corporate offices in Camp Hill pa and Parkersburg wv eliminating 83 positions in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The launch of the 1999 merger created two separate corporate hubs, now unified to remove significant redundancies.
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Camp Hill, Pa
Ames True Temper
Camp Hill
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lawn and Garden Tools Company
True Temper Hardware Company
Ames Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
Parties tout very different political plans
Charleston AP report shows Republicans filing 22 legislative candidates in person and eight by mail amid chants for change while Democrats tout a decade of investment and balanced budgets. Congressional hopeful Jim Humphreys filed for the 2nd District, stressing education access and mixed views on federal policy.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
Capitol
West Virginia
Senate
Vic Sprouse
Kanawha
Bob Kiss
Draleigh
Kiss
Jim Humphreys
U.S
Shelley Moore Capito
Humphreys
Megan
Owen
George Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
Morning-after pill bill returns to Virginia legislature
The 2002 session sees renewed bipartisan push to let pharmacists dispense morning-after contraceptives within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Senator Warren Barry chairs the Health and Education Committee and supports access while abortion opponents argue it may bypass FDA intent. Support spans AFL-CIO, Virginia League, and Republicans for Choice. critics include Family Foundation of Virginia.
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Ichmond
Del
Viola Baskerville
Drichmond
Senate
Warren Barry
Fairfax County
Barry
Senate Health and Education Committee
Bennet Greenberg
Planned Parenthood
Baskerville
FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Victoria Cobb
The
Family Foundation of Virginia
Virginia Society For Human Life
Louise Hartz
Afl-Cio
Virginia League of Women Voters
Republicans For Choice
Washington
Greenberg
Unisex restrooms eyed for WV interstate stops
West Virginia lawmakers review a plan to install unisex restrooms at 18 interstate rest stops. The proposed family restrooms aim to aid caregivers and families, with a $7 million upgrade planned over four years starting this summer in Huntington and along I 81.
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Kim Fetty
Bureau of Senior Services
Division of Highways
Kathy Holtsclaw
Holtsclaw
Huntington
Interstate 81
Panhandle
Virginia In God We Trust bill advances in House
The Virginia House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to a bill requiring public schools to post a sign of In God We Trust with a final vote due Thursday. A private funding provision was added to cover costs, a response to past concerns and post 9 11 context.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Virginia
House
Senate
Richard Saslaw
Fairfax
Del
Robert Marshall
Prince William
Marshall
Judge Proposes Expanded Community Corrections to Ease Prisons
Circuit Judge Martin J. Gaughan urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to expand an alternative sentencing program created last year. The plan would grow a $300,000 community corrections center serving Brooke, Hancock and Ohio counties, where nonviolent offenders perform community service eight hours daily and receive counseling with inmates paying $10 per day if able. He cited state savings of about $200,000 from the center and $300,000 for the counties, and pressed for a $2.5 million increase to the program. Officials noted broader use of alternatives could help resolve the prison bed shortage projected to exceed capacity by about 2,200 by 2010 per a 2001 GWU study.
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Martin J. Gaughan
Gaughan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brooke
Hancock
Ohio
Department of Corrections
Joe Martin
George Washington University
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