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RESA agencies a focus in W.Va. education push
A network of West Virginia educational offices with a rocky history could play a major role in the ongoing push to improve the state’s public schools. The Legislature created the Regional Education Service Agencies, or RESAs, in 1972. The eight...Tags: Politics, Government, Schools, American Federation of Teachers, Executive Branch
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Rockefeller meeting puts face on domestic violence issue
matthewu@herald-mail.comPatricia Greenlee never thought she would be a victim of domestic violence. She never witnessed a domestic violence in her life. Her parents had been married for 52 years, and she and her four siblings all were college educated. “I always...Tags: Violence Against Women Act, Politics, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Chuck Grassley
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Many issues discussed at 2013 Legislative Outlook luncheon in Martinsburg
matthewu@herald-mail.comEducation reform, substance abuse treatment, related incarceration costs and state budget cuts were among the most heavily discussed issues at the 2013 Legislative Outlook luncheon at the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg. About 150 people turned out for the...Tags: Government, Behavioral Conditions, Teaching and Learning, Regional Authority, Teachers
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Former Del. Larry V. Faircloth to run for Capito's congressional seat
matthewu@herald-mail.comFormer Del. Larry V. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, announced Wednesday that he will run next year for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. Faircloth, 64, of Inwood, W.Va., said in a news release that he has been encouraged by...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, David McKinley, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress
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Some gun owners at Second Amendment rally say Manchin 'sold us out'
matthewu@herald-mail.comPeople crowded the sidewalk and spilled into West King Street across from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office in Martinsburg on Saturday for a Second Amendment rally and protest. “I think he’s sold us out,” Keith Morgan, president of...Tags: Gun Control, John Overington, White House, Sandy Hook Elementary School, West Virginia Legislature
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W.Va. Senate, House re-elect top leaders
Rick Thompson won his fourth term as speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday while the Senate stuck with President Jeff Kessler for the two-year Legislature, following an election that saw the majority Democrats lose at least some...Tags: Government, United States Census Bureau, Democratic Party, Virginia General Assembly, Parties and Movements
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Second Amendment supporters rally in Martinsburg
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comSecond Amendment supporters braved the cold Saturday during a rally in Martinsburg, vowing to never compromise their right to bear arms following a deadly school shooting that has left some lawmakers calling for a ban on certain types of guns. Sidearms...Tags: Gun Control, Weaponry, Firearms, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin: Another path to stopping mass violence
In the days after the horrific tragedy in Newtown, Conn., I made it clear that I believe it is time for us to move from rhetoric to action to prevent future acts of senseless mass violence. Since then, much has been made of those comments — some of...Tags: Gun Control, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Congress, Entertainment Events
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Rep. Capito plans to run for Rockefeller's U.S. Senate seat
Associated pressOn the heels of winning a seventh term, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito vowed Monday to run in 2014 for the seat now held by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Democrat and West Virginia’s senior senator. Joined on her 59th birthday by several dozen...Tags: Government, Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Parties and Movements, Regional Authority
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Romney wins West Virginia, Manchin re-elected to U.S. Senate
West Virginia voters re-elected Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday, even as they rejected President Obama’s bid for second term and considered a lengthy ballot that also features the governor’s race, a slew of legislative posts and...Tags: Newburg, Government, David McKinley, Walt Helmick, Regional Authority
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Manchin wins W.Va. U.S. Senate seat
West Virginia voters chose to send U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin back to Capitol Hill for a full six-year term Tuesday, rejecting a GOP effort to derail his bid by appealing to the state’s low regard for President Obama. A Democrat like Obama, Manchin...
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Ceremony marks U.S. district court judge Gina M. Groh's elevation to federal bench
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comWilliamsport High School graduate and newly appointed U.S. district court judge Gina M. Groh says she is a small town girl who is living “a uniquely American dream.” “I didn’t get here on my own through just hard work and...Tags: Judges, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System
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