West Virginia loses TSA staffers amid security cuts
West Virginia faces the largest TSA staffing reductions outside Utah with 56 of 165 screeners cut across nine airports, Charleston Yeager Airport hit hardest with 21 posts gone. Sen. Byrd warns against creating security vulnerabilities while state by state figures show a 34 percent cut locally.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Utah
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
D-W.va
Transportation Security Administration
TSA
Alaska
Yeager
Tri-State
Huntington
AFL CIO opposes West Virginia workers' comp bill
AFL CIO President Jim Bowen urged Gov. Bob Wise to veto a bill limiting workers' compensation benefits as fiscally unsound and damaging to injured workers. Wise is expected to sign, with supporters citing relief for a nearly bankrupt insurance system while labor leaders warn of cuts, delayed checks, and higher taxpayer costs.
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Charleston
Aflcio
Jim Bowen
Bob Wise
West
Bowen
West Virginia
Sen
Brooks McCabe
D-Kanawha
Legislation supported by Long on workers' comp in WV special session
RINCETON Democrat Dr. Marshall Long representing Mercer County says backing the workers' compensation bill was the right move though it faced challenges. He notes the bill restores wage replacement, adds enforcement, and shifts some prosecutorial duties, while criticizing opponents as primarily election-minded.
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Steve White
Affiliated
Construction Trades Foundation
Rinceton
Marshall Long
Mercer County
West Virginia
Long
Daily Telegraph
Senate
Truman Chafin
Flooding Hits Southern West Virginia After Spring Rains
Gov. Wise toured flood drenched areas as residents shoveled mud and recover from a storm that dumped 1.4 inches in two hours. One man, Joey Roberts of Spurlockville, died after entering a rain swollen creek. Damage stretched from Charleston to Gilbert with rock and mud slides and a washout on US 52. Counties across the southern region remained under a flood watch as Verizon worked to restore service to about 1,300 customers and 7,800 faced local dialing limits after a tree toppled a power line.
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Charleston
Bob Wise
West Virginia
Joey Roberts
Spurlockville
Lincoln County
Roberts
Mingo
Gilbert
Jessup
Breeden
Boone
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Verizon
Harry Mitchell
Mitchell
Virginia Employment Commission tightens worker data access
The Virginia Employment Commission will limit access to its wage database after an audit found Cantor and Cantor used it for an excessive number of searches. New rules restrict local governments from obtaining workers wage data unless absolutely required, with exemptions for Child Support Enforcement and law enforcement. About 3.5 million wage earners are in the system and 300 agencies must justify each access request.
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Long
Richmond, Va
Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia
Cantor & Cantor Law Firm
WEC
Division of
Social Services
James N. Ellenberger
VEC
Sentara plans 94.5 million heart hospital in Norfolk
Sentara Healthcare announced a new 112 bed heart hospital adjoining Sentara Norfolk General in Norfolk Virginia worth 94.5 million dollars. The facility will provide comprehensive cardiac services from diagnostics to transplant in one location and aims to open in 2006 pending regulatory approval. Actor Andy Griffith attended the announcement and noted undergoing quadruple bypass at Sentara Norfolk General in 2000.
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Sentara Healthcare
Heart Hospital
Norfolk, Va
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Sentara Heart Hospital
Virginia
North Carolina
Norfolk General
Sentara
Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith Show
Matlock
Sentara Norfolk General
Group challenges Virginia abortion ban in federal court
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal suit challenging Virginia’s new law banning late term procedures after head emergence or navy birth. It argues the 2000 Supreme Court ruling protecting dangerous situations is violated and the vague ban risks criminal prosecutions for second trimester procedures and miscarriage care.
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Richmond
Center For Reproductive Rights
Virginia
Bush
U.S. Supreme Court
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