Va. budget stalemate talks resume with votes on tax shift
Negotiations to end Virginia’s budget deadlock resumed as the Senate revived a budget amendment that failed in the House and approved extending the regular session ban on fundraising to the special session. A separate Saslaw bill would bar legislators from taking campaign contributions until both chambers pass identical budget versions, while a tax exemption shift for public utilities aims to raise about 61 million dollars the first year.
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House
Capitol
Frederick M. Quayle
Suffolk
Commonwealth
John Watkins
Powhatan
William J. Howell
Richard L. Saslaw
Saslaw
Charles Hawkins
Pittsylvania
Abercrombie T shirt crisis tests price of humor
Harleton reports stock of controversial shirts at Abercrombie & Fitch stores nationwide. Tom Lennox, spokesman for the New Albany based chain, says most shirts have been sold. The West Virginia slogan tee drew criticism from Bob Wise who called it a negative stereotype and asked the company to pull remaining stock and destroy it. The Charleston Town Center shop sold out Tuesday. The company defends the items as humorous and lighthearted, calling them humor tees.
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Bob Wise
Abercrombie & Fitch
Tom Lennox
New Albany, Ohio
West Virginia
Charleston Town Center
Lennox
West Virginia budget may widen next year's deficit
The 2004 2005 West Virginia budget passed by the Legislature uses one time funds to avoid tax hikes but could increase the 2005 2006 gap from the current 175 million by at least 50 million. One time money from the School Building Authority reassigned funds and bus earmarks plus lottery surplus backstop spending. Governor Wise eyed line item veto power and a tobacco bond plan to cover shortfalls, signaling possible special session.
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Charleston
Bob Wise
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House Finance
Harold Michael
D-Hardy
Michael
Wise
Glucotonin weight loss pill pitched in dubious ad
An extreme diet pill advertisement touts Glucotonin TM as a powerful fat fighter from Japan. It claims rapid sixfold weight reductions with Phaseolamin 2250 TM and Glucotrim TM, uses Biobeads technology, promises no exercise, and offers a money back guarantee with a 30 day trial.
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Japan
Mayo Clinic
Slim USA
U.S
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