Video poker bill rolls through early next week
Gov. Bob Wise seeks to cut statewide video poker machines to 9000, confine them to adult venues, and regulate via the Lottery Commission. The measure would raise about 22 million dollars in the first year for the Promise Scholarship and infrastructure while lawmakers move it through House and Senate committees. Support comes from AFL-CIO, the Revenue secretary, and Lottery director as public hearings draw both backers and opponents.
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Bob Wise
House of Delegates
Senate
Eeciscature House Finance
Harold Michael
D-Hardy
Senate Finance
Osher Craige
D-Putnam
House Finance Committee
West Virginia Lottery Commission
Wise
Afl-Cio
Department of Tax and Revenue
West Virginia Lottery
Remembering Holocaust atrocities to prevent repeats
West Virginia observer notes the 6 million Jewish victims of World War II as a stark reminder. The East River Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross and local organizers hosted a Mercer Mall event to hear firsthand accounts and preserve memory. Rabbi Stanley Funston urged that forgetting could enable a future recurrence.
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Mercer Mall
Rabbi Stanley Funston
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Sid
Helen Rosenthal
Stanley Funston
Moore Cleared By West Virginia Board Over Bias Claim
Bluefield State College President Robert Moore was cleared of racially motivated decisions by a West Virginia Higher Education Interim Governing Board investigation completed Wednesday. The board renewed his appointment, praising his leadership and confirming confidence in his continued role amid a prior inquiry initiated after a 2000 complaint involving campus personnel matters.
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Bluefield State
West Virginia
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Mercer County OKs 5 percent telecable fee for courthouse annex
Mercer County Commission with a 2 to 1 vote approved a 5 percent franchise fee on telecable customers to fund a courthouse annex. The first reading passed. final vote set for April 10 after a public hearing where supporters urged action and opponents criticized equity and satellite dish reach.
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Mercer County Commission
County Commission
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John Anderson
Karen Disibbio
Anderson
Coburn
Bluefield
J. Franklin Long
Supreme Court
Betty Long
Mercer County
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