Lawmakers applaud Supreme Court budget ruling in West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the Legislature’s Budget Digest and the fund’s money allocation process, prompting cheers from lawmakers and advocacy groups led by the House and Senate Finance Committee chairs. Justice Albright warned the method remains flawed and should reflect pre enactment discussion and decision. Delegate Eustace Frederick said the decision seems essentially correct and affirmed legislative duties to allocate funds.
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State Supreme Court
High Court
Margaret Workman
Charleston
Workman
Arley Johnson
League of Women Voters
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Common Cause of West Virginia
West Virginia Education Association
House and
Senate Finance Committee
Budget Conference
Budget Conference Committee
Joseph Albright
Eustace Frederick
Dmercer
Frederick
Gilmore proposes salary hike plan boosts local hopes
In Tazewell County, school officials weigh Gov. Gilmore’s bid to use surplus funds from the state retirement system to raise teacher pay. The governor revised a Senate bill to funnel about 125 million dollars in savings from retirement rate cuts to benefits for teachers, state workers, and local officers. The district faces a 1.6 million shortfall under the current biennial budget as it operates without a new state budget.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Jim Gilmore
Senate
Tazewell County
Judge delays release of DNA in Coleman case
Buchanan County Virginia judge will decide in months whether to release evidence for DNA testing in the 1992 Coleman murder case. Evidence remains at a California lab against state wishes as Centurion Ministries seeks full testing to resolve Coleman’s guilt or innocence.
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Coleman
Grundy
Roger Keith Coleman
Virginia
Buchanan County
KR. Williams
Williams
California
Mark L. Earley
Centurion Ministries
Princeton, N.J
Jim Gilmore
Wanda McCoy
McCoy
Hobbs
James M. McCloskey
McCloskey
Bluefield City Board election field swells with six new candidates
Nine days remain until the April 6 filing deadline for Bluefield City Board elections. Six new candidates paid the $25 filing fee and filed to run for the June 5 board seats, joining incumbents and others who have announced candidacies or withdrawn.
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Bluefield
Drema Shireman
City Board of Directors
Don Kersey Jr
Lebanon Street
Robert E
Bob” Perkinson
Oxenford Road
Deb Sarver
Liberty Street
Kim Long
Union Street
Donnie
Nelson Walker
Cole
George McGonagle
Doris Sue Kantor
Ollie Law
Andrew Bauer
James Edwards
J.E.” Gillespie
Highland Avenue
Danny Hampton
Rogers Street
Richard Dillion
Shireman
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Mount View High School
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Ashley Hall
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