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The Broadband Stumbling Block And Weighing The Cost Of Caregiving, This West Virginia Morning
The Public Service Commission has issued another order it hopes will streamline broadband expansion in West Virginia -- but not everyone supports the plan. And the next episode of Us & Them examines caregiving in America -- what it takes and how much it should pay.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Regulators Weigh In On Pole Access Cost Sharing
Disputes between pole owners and other utilities over capacity, access and cost-sharing have proven to be a major stumbling block for the maintenance and improvement of infrastructure nationally.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSecretary, Mt. Olive Superintendent Found In Contempt
In May, U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston ordered inmate Keith Lowe transferred to a state psychiatric facility from Mount Olive Correctional Complex. Lowe had attempted suicide after being in solitary confinement for 12 years and his legal representatives at Mountain State Justice feared he would try again.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJustice, Former Speaker Tim Armstead Dies At 60
Former Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates and former Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court of Appeals, Tim Armstead, died Tuesday following a brief hospitalization. He was 60.
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New Proposal Aims To Spur Home Construction In Huntington
Huntington needs more housing for the people who commute to work there, so Mayor Patrick Farrell has proposed a plan to exempt new residential housing construction from the city’s Business and Occupation (B&O) tax.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSchool Vaccine Lawsuits Consolidated In Raleigh County
Attorney General JB McCuskey requested the suits be consolidated on Aug. 19, arguing that identical issues will be argued throughout both cases and a single judicial response is mandatory.
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