School funding suit delayed pending tax panel report
In Kanawha County the school funding lawsuit spanning decades was postponed as Special Judge Dan Robinson scheduled a status conference for July 16 to await the tax commission report due in early July. The case, challenging reliance on property taxes for funding and its impact on poor counties, originated in Lincoln County in 1975 and has featured multiple court rulings and state education task forces. The hearing included arguments from Lincoln County parents and state officials as the court contemplates further actions and an evidentiary hearing in the fall after the November election.
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Charleston
Hank Marockie
Dan Robinson
Ing
Robinson
Lincoln County
Commission
Janet Pauley
Kanawha County
Arthur Recht
Recht
Cecil Underakae
State Education Equity
Tax Commission
Dan Hedges
Hedges
Snowbound trouble lingers as tree blocks creek
Neace R. Clark reports on lingering problems from heavy snow including a tree that fell into a creek near Naoma. Etta Cook on Peach Tree Road says debris backs up the water and spills onto the road, saying she has notified the Division of Highways Maintenance Garage in Beckley and the Division of Nat. Problems continue as water rises.
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Peach Tree Road
Etta Cook
Naoma
Cook
Division of Highways Maintenance Garage
Beckley
Division of
Nat
County endorses Boone Raleigh water plant plan
Raleigh County Commission signed a letter backing Boone Raleigh Public Service Districts 600 gallon per minute Whitesville water plant. State funding was blocked by the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council. PSD seeks Rural Development support with grants and loans to complete the $3.5 million project. Commission president John Humphrey backs building a separate plant rather than buying from West Virginia American Water Co.
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Boone-Raleigh
State Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council
U.S. Rural Development
PSD
Commission
Rural Development
John Humphrey
West Virginia-American Water Co
Charleston
Public unaware of stroke signs in time to treat
A study finds many Americans cannot recognize stroke signs early enough for treatment. Only 57 percent of 1,880 Cincinnati area respondents identified a warning sign. Stroke is the nation’s third leading killer, with about 158,000 deaths annually and a long-term disability burden.
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Chicago
America
Arthur M. Pancioli
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Pancioli
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
American Heart Association
AHA
Cincinnati
United States
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MD Morgan
the Register-Herald
Oak Hill
Calvin Jones
Dalton Jones
Jeanna Moore
Women's Resource Center
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Nickelodeon
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Whitesville
By Brian Bowang
News of Record
Lotto
West Virginia
N. Eisenhower
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