Budget digest credit and Good Samaritan Law confusion
The piece critiques how lawmakers trumpet the annual budget digest while overstating its money and control. It explains the Good Samaritan Law expansion to include hotels and landowners, the debate over insurance immunity, and the aim to boost food donations to pantries and kitchens amid legislative compromises and doubts.
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Legislative Budget Conference Committee
House
Harold Michael
Senate
Osher Craige
Larry Kimble
R-Kanawha
Kimble
God Day in Rural West Virginia and Media Fallout
Nerissa Young reports on religious spectacle in Garland Texas where media, police, and residents gathered for a predicted divine visit that did not occur. The piece ties national church outreach to funding fights in West Virginia’s rural school districts and criticizes state education financing while noting the press and community reaction.
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Garland
Texas
Chen Honming
God’s Salvation Church
Associated Press
Dallas
Chen
Don Martin
Lincoln County
Janet Pauley
Arthur Recht
Recht
Dan Robinson
Joe
Jill
Office of Education
Cecil Underwood
Audit Office
God
Nerissa Young
The
Register-Herald
Bias in Raleigh County law master courts questioned
Douglas Cruise of Cool Ridge cites alleged bias in the family law master court in Raleigh County during a 1997 divorce hearing. He claims the judge denied his right to speak and present financial evidence, risking loss of home and business, and asks when equal justice will be provided to men.
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Raleigh
Janet Frye Steele
Law Master
Lawmaster Court
Family Lawmaster
Douglas Cruise
Cool Ridge
Readers Voice and Community Notices Patch The Register Herald
A collage of reader letters and columns covers local issues. Topics include Kroger repair, smoking policy, media bias, guest columns, tire assistance, pediatric care, diet options, Shoney’s alcohol plans, tree loss on mountains, elderly driver retesting, and grandparent visitation rights. reflects community concerns and calls for civic engagement.
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Register-Herald
The
P.O
Beckley
W.va
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Robert R. Hammond
Dawn A. Keys Editor
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Mountain State
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Doonesbury
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Kroger
Harpe Road
Bill Sepp
Wal-Mart
Donald J. Carter
Mandy
Shoney's
Mallard Fillmore
Hocker Av
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