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On West Virginia Morning, Ashton Marra reports from the state capitol where lawmakers held the first meeting of a special committee on tax reform.  And Clark Davis talks with the first American survivor of the Ebola virus.  These stories on West Virginia Morning from West Virginia Public Broadcasting – telling West Virginia’s story.

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