Workers' comp rate changes spark concern for WV firms
The county's 1995 workers' compensation premium shifts show 21 of 91 employer classes with lower rates, while 13 rise 1 10 percent, 17 rise 10.1 20 percent, 29 up 20.1 50 percent, and 11 exceed 50 percent. Officials cite base rate caps and claim history as drivers, with some firms facing large increases that threaten business growth and jobs.
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Roberts
Andy Richardson
Richardson
Jack Klim
D&e Industries Inc
Huntington
Klim
House
Rick Houvouras
D-Cabell
West Virginia
Houvouras
Workers’ Compensation Fund
Gerald McDonald
Our Jobs, Our Children
Our Future Inc
McDonald
Hearing delayed on Chafin gender issue
Charleston AP. A hearing on whether to allow a selective-prosecution challenge by state Senate Majority Leader Truman Chafin is postponed to next week. Chafin faces three counts of procuring to wiretap and one of conspiracy to wiretap over alleged use of a phone in his divorce case.
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Charleston
Senate
Truman Chafin
Chafin
D-Mingo
Gretchen Lewis
Copenhaver
U.S. District Court
Tom Smith
Lewis
Kanawha
Mark L. McMillian
Dunbar
Toby W. McMillian
Belle
Mark McMillian
Europe
Toby McMillian
Justice convicted in fatal camping ground slaying case
Prosecutors tied Timothy Justice to the murder of Angela Swick at a Brush Creek Falls campsite in Mercer County. Evidence showed Justice and Lin Menenbroeker planned to sell Swick’s car, helped hide the body, and Justice sought money for gas to Florida. Swick’s decomposed body was recovered after nine days. Justice remains jailed awaiting sentencing.
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Brush Creek Falls
Mercer County
Garton
Justice
Menenbroeker
Swick
Angie
Florida
Timothy Justice
Angela
Scott Ash
Ash
Beckley
Purchasing division delays bid for lottery advertising contract
The West Virginia Division of Purchasing extended the bid deadline by two weeks at the request of Fahlgren Inc. The Parkersburg firm had asked for more time to resolve questions about the 750000 ad contract. Charles Ryan Associates and Willard & Associates protested the change.
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Charleston
Parkersburg
Fahlgren Inc
Leslie Fasching
Charles Ryan Associates
Willard & Associates
Fahlgren
Charles Ryan
Alan Rollins
Price
Libby White
Lottery
U.S
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Larry Hanback
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