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Archive of West Virginia on Tuesday June 30, 2009
WV: Officials say facility will be significant boost to economy
Changing the future of southern West Virginia forever. That's what impact Judy Radford, director of the 4-C Economic Development Authority, says the establishment of a new Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Center could have on the region. Read More
WV: Speakers blast proposed cut to state retiree benefits
West Virginia will have trouble recruiting and retaining teachers, State Police troopers and other public employees if the Public Employees Insurance Agency cuts a subsidy for retiree health insurance, speakers told the agency's Finance Board Monday evening. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
WV: WVa auditor scam suspect to answer to charges
A North Carolina woman accused of helping to scam nearly $2 million from West Virginia's state government is facing her first court date in the Mountain State. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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