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12-29 * |
WV Citizen Organizations
Ask Senator Byrd to Challenge Electoral College Vote |
|
12-21-04 |
Wall St. Lobby Quietly
Tackles Social Security |
|
12-19 |
West Virginia not 'judicial hellhole,' group contends |
|
12-17 |
Buying Into Failure |
|
12-15 |
W.Va. high in
'hellhole' rankings |
|
12-14 |
Anti-Social Security |
|
12-10 |
Borrow, Speculate and Hope |
|
12-9 |
Please help in the
federal Medicaid fight -- Contact your Senators |
|
12-7 * |
Lawmakers eye campaign
finance reforms |
|
12-7 |
Inventing a Crisis |
|
12-6 |
White House: Borrowing to Help Fund Social Security Plan |
|
12-3 |
The
Public Cost of Privatization |
|
11-24
|
Capital Eye,
November 2004 (pdf)
|
|
10-26
|
Massey CEO Defends Contribution
|
|
10-21
|
Massey
CEO's political donations questioned
|
|
10-15
|
Brent
Benjamin raking in heaviest contributions
|
|
10-15
|
Massey
CEO gives $1.7 million to anti-Warren McGraw group
|
|
10-15
|
For The Sake of Kids gets
$2.5 million, mostly Massey cash
|
|
10-5 *
|
Julie
Archer: Touch-screen voting machines are not required by federal law
|
|
9-21 *
|
Coalition to push for public
financing of elections
|
|
9-21
|
Drug council explains reports
to lawmakers
|
|
9-21
|
Maine lawmaker talks health care
with state panel
|
|
9-18
|
Medical group urges special session on drug costs
|
|
9-17
|
‘Unbelievable' number of new
voters stepping up across state
|
|
9-16 *
|
Candidate makes errors on forms
|
|
9-16
|
Sprouse’s fund-raising surpasses Tomblin’s
|
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9-15
|
Manchin outraises Warner in 3-month reporting period
|
|
9-15
|
Environmental board running out of money
|
|
9-14
|
Statements show Warner has
raised less than $200,000 in funds
|
|
9-13
|
Jay argues against Medicare
changes - Senator meets with seniors, blasts increase in premiums
|
|
9-11
|
Donors
raise $341,000 to oust Justice McGraw
|
|
9-10
|
Council passes drug plan -
Australian price schedule rejected
|
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9-6
|
Touch-screen voting; Critics warn of post-election
problems if no paper trail exists
|
|
9-3
|
Ethics
revision to include penalties for lying
|
|
9-1
|
Edwards blasts Bush on health
insurance - Vice presidential candidate, on second day in Beckley area, also
criticizes president over lost jobs
|
|
8-31
|
Madame Butterfly Flies Off with Ballots; Florida Fixed Again?;
Absentee Ballots Go Absent
|
|
8-29 *
|
Commentary: Clean Elections
Can Work in West Virginia
|
|
8-27
|
E-voting machines have long
record of glitches
|
|
8-27
|
Church Group Calls For
Special Session
|
|
8-27
|
Record Level of Americans Not
Insured on Health
|
|
8-27
|
More Americans Were Uninsured
and Poor in 2003, Census Finds
|
|
8-26
|
The Voting Machine Jackpot
|
|
8-26
|
W.Va. eyes Aussie drug costs -
Australian prices 30% lower than American, Canadian rates
|
|
8-26
|
Central-fill pharmacy proposed for state
|
|
8-25
|
Campaign finance reform
'dicey'
|
|
8-24 *
|
Mezzatesta could have put positive spin on case
|
|
8-24
|
State
water study will rely on estimates
|
|
8-24
|
State’s prescription affordability plan may be going awry
|
|
8-22
|
Do
Americans know enough to vote intelligently?
|
|
8-22
|
Insurers Object to a Major
Part of Medicare Law
|
|
8-21
|
Venezuelan Vote Audit Confirms Chavez Win
|
|
8-20 *
|
Legislators urged to look at
ethics - Steenstra calls for changes to commission that investigates charges
|
|
8-20
|
Non-coal haulers running
afoul of new weight limits
|
|
8-20
|
Drug
bill advocates push for meeting; PHRMA wants time
|
|
8-19 *
|
Ethics
panel to investigate senator over Pete Dye vote
|
|
8-19 *
|
Ethics panel says Sen. Mike
Ross must answer for golf course vote
|
|
8-19
|
Opposition Rejects Audit Plan
in Venezuela Recall Dispute
|
|
8-19
|
Group
may seek lawsuit caps in state constitution
|
|
8-19
|
The New Hanging Chads
|
|
8-18
|
Special session on drug prices may be off
|
|
8-13
|
Marion places faith in voting
machines - County leases iVotronic equipment for election
|
|
8-12
|
Supreme Court knocks Clean
Elections off ballot
|
|
8-11
|
Few truck drivers show up for
training
|
|
8-11
|
Election law update needed -
Electronic voting presents unique problems, state officials say
|
|
8-9
|
Okla. to Launch Tort Reform
for Doctors
|
|
8-9
|
Friends in the White House Come to Coal's Aid
|
|
8-9
|
Bush,
Kerry see W.Va. donations grow
|
|
8-8
|
Rolling Down the Highway,
Looking Out for Flawed Elections
|
|
8-8
|
The uninsured get a break -
Health clinic drug prices beat Canada
|
|
8-6
|
Ethics agency renews Mezzatesta inquiry
|
|
8-6
|
Batteries Not Included - The
machine ate my vote
|
|
8-5
|
Malpractice - Cycle
resurfaces with rejection of top Summers County physician
|
|
8-5
|
Medical malpractice reform
didn't work - West Virginians deserve to know why
|
|
8-5
|
Still worse - The Mezzatesta
mess
|
|
8-5
|
Doctors lose insurance -
Yearly costs already top $70,000 for some physicians
|
|
8-5
|
State court justice
criticizes negative ad campaign
|
|
8-5
|
Program rejects doctors who
need coverage
|
|
8-4
|
Florida voters opt for paper
ballots after 2000 election recount fiasco
|
|
8-3
|
Elections officials prepare
for close vote
|
|
8-2
|
Clean Elections
Supporters Challenge Big Money Special Interests Amendment In Court
(pdf)
|
|
8-2
|
Kentucky cracking down on
coal trucks - Companies agree to pay drivers more so they can reduce loads
|
|
8-2
|
Planned State Bar study not a
new idea - Talk of end to partisan judicial elections first came up in 1996
|
|
7-30
|
Arizona Elections Initiative Thrown Out
|
|
7-29
|
PERSPECTIVE: The Voting Fraud Threat
|
|
7-29
|
Illinois’
drug chief talks to W.Va. panel about Canada plan
|
|
7-29
|
State last in 2002 vote count - Census figures show 36.8 percent turnout
|
|
7-29
|
Putting E-Voting to Rest
|
|
7-29
|
Anti-Bush rally set for city on Labor Day - Jesse Jackson to speak, Willie Nelson, Indigo Girls, Asleep at the Wheel to perform
|
|
7-28
|
Lost Record '02 Florida
Vote Raises '04 Concern
|
|
7-28
|
Already high cost of health insurance may double
|
|
7-28
|
DEP begins survey of state water use
|
|
7-28
|
Lawmakers
balk at election law price
|
|
7-28
|
State residents denied private coverage can get health insurance soon
|
|
7-28
|
People have always been key to having fair elections
|
|
7-27
|
Trucker strike spreads to
Letcher County
|
|
7-26
|
Despite protest, State Bar
to study judicial elections
|
|
7-26
|
Lawmakers
ladle out Budget Digest bacon
|
|
7-26
|
Drug council considering many options to reduce costs
|
|
7-26
|
Lawmakers
hear options on drug prices
|
|
7-26
|
Catastrophic weather cited for rising insurance costs
|
|
7-25
|
In a Shift, Bush Moves to
Block Medical Suits
|
|
7-24
|
Tempers flare over county e- voting plan - Commission approves contract for iVotronics
|
|
7-24
|
ES& S: ‘ Anyone with a finger can vote’
|
|
7-23 *
|
Other alternatives to e- voting change
|
|
7-23
|
Insurance for Electronic
Votes
|
|
7-21
|
Rising drug costs have to be controlled; It’s not a good situation
|
|
7-21
|
Money flows like water
into presidential race
|
|
7-21
|
Albright blasts Bar's
plan to study elections
|
|
7-21
|
Court race attracted big
money
|
|
7-21
|
Battle
heats up over elected judges
|
|
7-21
|
State
Police veteran tapped to head insurance fraud unit
|
|
7-19
|
State’s
auto insurance rates rising faster than most
|
|
7-16
|
Coal Truck Strike Has Ended
|
|
7-15
|
Reconsidering E-Voting
|
|
7-14
|
Budget
digest blamed for loss of house
|
|
7-14
|
Residents
rank second in U.S. in prescription drug spending
|
|
7-14
|
Prescription
drugs: West Virginia leads in fight over fair drug pricing
|
|
7-14
|
Groups Rally for Voting
Receipts; Electronic Ballots May Pose Problems in Recount, Some Say
|
|
7-13
|
Some Coal Truck Drivers Say No More Illegally Hauling Coal
|
|
7-13
|
Remember chads? They've hung around
|
|
7-12
|
Reform
proposals sought from Ethics Commission members
|
|
7-12
|
Doubts over touchscreen tech choice for
Venezuela recall
|
|
7-12
|
E- voting switch is a
mistake
|
|
7-12
|
State Ethics Commission:
No bark and no bite it seems
|
|
7-12
|
Commission hears
concerns about electronic voting
|
|
7-8
|
Electronic
voting machines augur fraud
|
|
7-8
|
Has the Time Come for Touchscreen Voting?
|
|
7-6
|
Tragic: Malpractice harm
|
|
7-6
|
Recycling levels begin to droop
|
|
7-3
|
Clifford
opens Mezzatesta inquiry
|
|
7-2
|
Falsity: Major probe needed
|
|
7-2
|
Clean Elections - it can
happen in WV
|
|
7-2
|
Tom Louisos - a different
breed of public servant
|
|
7-2
|
Truckers enter third day
of roadside protest in eastern Kentucky
|
|
7-1
|
U.S. district judge
refuses to lift state ban on electronic voting
|
|
7-1
|
Letters contradict
Mezzatesta: Delegate told Ethics panel he did not solicit grants for Hampshire County
|
|
7-1
|
State high court to hear case on legality of Budget Digest: State high court to hear case on legality of Budget Digest
|
|
7-1
|
New law aims to help
insure high-risk people
|
|
7-1
|
Case involving
Legislature and Ethics Commission to be heard by high court
|
|
7-1
|
American
drug prices skyrocket, negating discounts, AARP says
|
|
6-30
|
Report Calls for Fixes in
High-Tech Voting
|
|
6-26
|
Activists Cry Foul in
Electronic Voting Furore
|
|
6-26
|
State
gets grant to start new insurance program
|
|
6-24
|
State
Supreme Court clarifies FOIA requirements
|
|
6-24
|
Primary voter turnout dips below 2000 figures
|
|
6-24
|
Health-care providers agree to new insurance - Program aims to help small businesses get employees coverage
|
|
6-24
|
Nation watching Arizona's battle over Clean Elections
|
|
6-23
|
HMO
ruling brings call for bill of rights from Byrd, Rahall
|
|
6-22
|
Justices Limit Ability to
Sue Health Plans
|
|
6-22
|
HMOs shielded from state court suits - Supreme Court ruling invalidates part of W.Va. law
|
|
6-22
|
Now we're looking up to Mississippi; Magnolia State has upped the ante on litigation reform
|
|
6-21
|
How To Back Real Reform
|
|
6-21 *
|
Gillespie, Beane top
spenders
|
|
6-19
|
Clean
Elections Act under attack
|
|
6-16
|
Bill calls for reform in
campaign financing
|
|
6-16
|
W.Va. crisis in insurance blamed on claims ratio
|
|
6-16
|
Manchin won although he was outspent
|
|
6-15
|
League of Women Voters Drops Support of Paperless Voting Machines
|
|
6-15
|
Ballot design causes over-voting problems
|
|
6-15
|
Rowe outspent McGraw to lose state court
race
|
|
6-15
|
Some defeated candidates end primary race in the red
|
|
6-14
|
Secretary of state has ideas to fix ballot problems
|
|
6-14
|
Manchin says ballot design
responsible for over voting
|
|
6-12
|
FLORIDA ELECTIONS - Software problem imperils voting recounts
|
|
6-10 *
|
Voters interested in family issues, group says
(Article on poll released by the Every Child Matters in West Virginia campaign.
WV-CAG is a co-sponsor of the campaign)
|
|
6-9
|
Coal truck weights discussed - Companies paying for bridge repairs, official testifies
|
|
6-8
|
Touch screen voting still out of touch with reality
|
|
6-7
|
New activist fights electronic voting;
Grass-roots effort aimed at protecting use of paper ballot
|
|
6-3
|
Committee Not Focused on Election Fraud;
Legislative Interim Study Concentrating on Campaign Finance, Not Vote Buying
|
|
6-2
|
iVotronic voting makes debut in Marion - Officials: New machines eliminate overvotes
|
|
6-1
|
Clean Elections Work
|
|
6-1
|
Taxpayer funding energizes primaries
|
|
5-30
|
E-voting quickly becoming a reality - Dispute centers on how fast to proceed
|
|
5-27
|
The Big Money Election
|
|
5-4 *
|
Good ol’ boys; Golf perks look shabby
|
|
4-27 *
|
Senator apologizes for vote on tournament funding
|
|
4-26 *
|
Complaint planned against state senator:
Ross’ vote helps golf course he has ties to, group says
|
|
4-25 *
|
Senator, friend lent millions to golf club
Ross' perks include free food, drinks, golf, merchandise for life at Pete Dye
|
|
4-22
|
Marking
Earth Day Inc.
|
|
4-21
|
Use of touch screens expands to Wayne County with early voting
|
|
4-21
|
Citizen Action Group to hold spring dinner
|
|
4-20 *
|
Touch-screen voting breakdowns outlined
|
|
4-19 *
|
Lawyers, health industry top donors in court race
|
|
4-13
|
Warning
signs not posted for coal trucks; Agency also having problems with new
complaints hotline
|
|
4-9
|
Hedda Haning: Electronic voting machines could pose a problem
|
|
4-4 *
|
Politics and the links; Pendleton golf course plan gets legislative assistance
|
|
3-22
|
Court
pace stirs political talk: McGraw re-election bid affecting action, activist
group says
|
|
3-17
|
Whose
state Chamber of Commerce is this, anyway?
|
|
3-14
|
WV Legislative Wrap Up
|
|
3-8
|
Environmental board under fire from industry : Business lobbyists say state agency should take on duty
|
|
3-8
|
Insurance
debate down to the wire
|
|
3-6
|
'Greedy' insurance companies
|
|
3-6
|
'Intersex fish': Pollution control needed
|
|
3-5 *
|
Control of water standards
up for debate, legislator says
|
|
3-5 *
|
Water-use bill has chance
|
|
3-5
|
Failure to advance insurance bill unravels compromise
|
|
3-5
|
Weaker prescription drug bill goes to Senate
|
|
3-5
|
Feeling ill?; Senate stripped drug bill of mandatory pricing provision
|
|
3-4
|
Senate
weakens drug bill
|
|
3-3
|
Drug plan pitched: Senate proposal a compromise with drug companies
|
|
3-2
|
Lobbyists spending thousands on legislative parties
|
|
3-2
|
Fight brewing in House over coal truck weight reporting
|
|
3-2
|
Muddy water: Sabotaging nature guardians
|
|
3-1 *
|
Legislature: More bad than good
|
|
2-26
|
House committee advances contraceptive coverage bill
|
|
2-24 *
|
Bill would make it easier to drop policyholders
|
|
2-24
|
Clean elections bill heads to Senate committee
|
|
2-24
|
Judiciary committee OKs 'clean elections' bill
|
|
2-23
|
Changes In Campaign Financing Proposed
(includes audio link)
|
|
2-23 *
|
Phil Kabler; Statehouse beat:
Manchin better off being quiet?
|
|
2-20
|
Drug debate heats up:
Proportional cost burden highest for West Virginia residents
|
|
2-20
|
Prescription drug bill draws out-of-state interest
|
|
2-18 *
|
Groups to fight water quality bill:
Proposal includes amendments that weaken standards
|
|
2-18
|
Panel strengthens water study bill
|
|
2-15 *
|
Drug bill attracts national interest
|
|
2-12
|
State
to increase road weight limits
|
|
2-10 *
|
‘Bottle Bill’ event planned at Capitol
|
|
2-10 *
|
Woman says law not solving problems:
Panel member says coal trucks sparking many calls
|
|
2-5 *
|
The Cost of Campaigning
|
|
2-5
|
UMW wants all counties subject to coal truck law
|
|
2-5
|
Water-ownership
bill OK'd by unanimous Senate
|
|
1-30
|
Larry L. Rowe; Voters should remain in control of judicial selection
|
|
1-30
|
Water bill receives minor changes
|
|
1-29
|
Tomblin supports water bill
|
|
1-29
|
Payday; Ban the parasites
|
|
1-27
|
Senate panel wants to move on water use issue
|
|
1-27
|
Legislators to look closer at Senate water-usage bill
|
|
1-26
|
Changes Possible in Truck
Legislation
|
|
1-25 *
|
Competing bills would outlaw or expand payday lending
|
|
1-24
|
House
OKs insurance fraud bill
|
|
1-23 *
|
Insurance measure survives committee
|
|
1-23 *
|
Lawyers have reform plan;
Proposal does not limit amount of punitive damages
|
|
1-22 *
|
House sets limits for tort reform debate
|
|
1-22
|
Senate
leader says Wise bill will be ignored
|
|
1-21
|
House
battle merges insurance, tort reform
|
|
1-20
|
House begins blitz: Members act on tort reform,
fraud in frenzied session
|
|
1-19 *
|
Push on to cover the pill:
Diverse group seeks insurance coverage of birth control
|
|
1-19
|
Birth control prescription coverage fair, makes sense
|
|
1-18 *
|
W.Va. campaign finance reform needs comprehensive approach
(by Julie Archer and Janet Fout)
|
|
1-16 *
|
Coalition pushing for repeal
of prescription drug law
|
|
1-16
|
943 permits sold for heavier trucks:
Fees raise about $416,000, PSC director estimates
|
|
1-15 *
|
Environmentalists tepid to Wise speech:
Groups happy to hear mention, but expected more
|
|
1-15
|
Wise proposes own water-use bill
|
|
1-14
|
Water use bill blocked:
Issue isn’t dead, lawmakers promise
|
|
1-14
|
Chamber blamed as water use bill stalls
|
|
1-13 *
|
Lawmakers discuss state water use study:
Proponents of bill urge plan for future consumption
|
|
1-13
|
Tort reform report lacks verdict
|
|
1-13
|
Water
use hearing attracts supporters
|
|
1-12 *
|
Linda Mallett: West Virginia needs a bottle bill
|
|
1-12 *
|
Only insurance industry will benefit from tort reform
|
|
1-11
|
Water-use plan takes state ‘back a step’
|
|
1-10 *
|
Janet Fout and Julie Archer:
Clean Elections Act would ensure citizens’ voices heard
|
|
1-9
|
How Much Is Enough? Income Soars, But Industry Still Trying to Strip Consumer Protections
(pdf)
|
|
1-8
|
Richie Robb: The state should adopt a bottle bill
|
|
1-6
|
E-Voting Firm Falls Victim to Hacker
|
