West Virginia on Wednesday July 01, 2009

WV: Manchin's energy plan among new July 1 laws
By The Associated Press, Charleston Gazette
As Congress continues to debate cap-and-trade, the clock will start ticking Wednesday on a measure aimed at energy and the environment in West Virginia.
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WV: Manchin says BSA, state will be good partners
By Jackie Ayres, The Register-Herald (Beckley)
Gov. Joe Manchin said Monday's announcement that the Boy Scouts of America selected the New River Gorge region for the location of a National Scouting Center "speaks volumes" for West Virginia.
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Financial crisis torments states
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009)

California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps.
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WV: WVa State, community college OK split
By The Associated Press, Charleston Daily Mail
West Virginia State University and Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College are now separate institutions.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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