Daily Telegraph Editorial Board Opinion and Bible Quote
The piece presents the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board’s consensus on opinions printed in the columns and cites a Bible quote from Proverbs 14 7 as guidance. It references constitutional principles on free speech and assembly and identifies Steve Smith as publisher and Thomas A Colley as executive editor.
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Jobs retraining push aids Southwest Virginia coal workers
A $480,988 grant to Career Centers of Southwest Virginia aims to retrain about 125 dislocated workers, mostly coal miners, on the SVCC campus with a $20,000 boost from Pittston Coal Co. The program, directed by Frank Horton, targets workers at risk of losing jobs and requires a job commitment before training.
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Southwest Virginia
Frank Horton
Southwest Virginia Community College
Russell County Board of Education
U.S
Rick Boucher
D-Va
Cumberland Plateau Planning District
SVCC
Pittston Coal Co
Boucher
West Virginia Voter Turnout Sees National Low
Richard Grimes urges West Virginians to rise from last place in voter turnout after a Census Bureau report shows only 33.9 percent participation, below the national 44.6 percent. He blames misleading leadership and calls for informed voting to spur change and attract business.
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Virginia
U.S. Census Bureau
West Virginia
West
Readers’ letter rebuts excess levy coverage in Daily Telegraph
A Mercer County Citizens Watch letter protests front page coverage of the excess levy story. The writer disputes quotes and asserts the board must show how extra tax money will be spent, arguing the levy could be considered unnecessary until legal spending plans are disclosed. He cites lawmakers’ duty to follow state law and calls the board’s actions inept.
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Gaston Caperton
West Virginia
Organized Labor
The
Daily Telegraph
School Board Appeals Court
Citizens Watch OF
Mercer County, Inc
Citizens Awareness Group
Mercer
End corporate welfare as Clinton Kasich seek budget balance
Washington column argues both parties avoid cutting large subsidies to big business as a political trap. It cites Reich and Kasich backing, GOP resistance, and lists major targets like Sematech NASA sugar subsidies forest roads Archer Daniels Midland and ethanol mandates.
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Ashington
Robert Reich
House Budget Committee
John Kasich
Ohio
Clinton
Reich
Senate
Bob Dole
America
Kasich
Congress
GOP
Rep
Bill Archer
R-Tex
House
Ways and Means
Big Business
Uncle Sam
Forest Service
Archer Daniels Midland
EPA
Line standers and lobbyists in Capitol Hill access scene
Leonard E Larsen argues that hired line standers allow lobbyists to gain inside access to congressional committee meetings. He notes the practice supports rich clients and creates pressure for seat competition among lobbyists. He condemns the notion that public attendance at hearings is civic duty and laments repetitive, wasteful committee debates.
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Ashington
Washington Beltway
Capitol Hill
Congress
Washington
Congressional Committee
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Leonard E. Larsen
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