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Farm bill matters, but few people care
timr@herald-mail.comPolicy. Remember that? It’s what America used to discuss back in the day, before we became obsessed with birth certificates and the 47 percent. Policy is what the government does, instead of how it does it or why — two questions that are...Tags: Renewable Energy, National Government, Government, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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$15.9 million expansion of U.S. Coast Guard operations to add 150 jobs
matthewu@herald-mail.comA $15.9 million expansion of U.S. Coast Guard operations in the Eastern Panhandle announced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller will add 150 new information technology jobs, according to the senator’s office. The expansion of the Coast Guard...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Coast Guard
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Rockefeller presents 10 medals to Charles Town World War II veteran
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller on Saturday presented 10 medals to Charles Town resident Frederick Mayer, a World War II veteran who served as a clandestine agent behind enemy lines. As an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative, Mayer posed as a...
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W.Va. to expand Medicaid, extend coverage to 91,500 uninsured
Associated PressWest Virginia will expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul through a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, which would extend coverage to an estimated 91,500 uninsured low-income residents. The decision follows a financial...Tags: Medicaid, Health Treatments, Healthcare Policies, Health and Safety at Work, Barack Obama
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Former W.Va. Dem chair launches 2014 US House run
Former West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Nick Casey launched a 2014 campaign for Congress on Tuesday, pledging to focus on the 2nd District’s energy industries and uncompleted road projects while targeting federal spending and debt if elected....Tags: AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Parties and Movements, Christianity
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Film on Buckles to continue W.Va. veteran's fight for national WWI memorial
A documentary film about the last American veteran of World War I is being screened throughout May in Missouri and Arkansas to help continue the late Frank Buckles’ fight for a memorial to his comrades on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Prisoners and Detainees, Human Interest, Entertainment
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ATF workers in Berkeley County, W.Va. could regain jobs
matthewu@herald-mail.comBudget changes approved last week will allow nearly 100 contract workers who recently lost their jobs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Tracing Center in Berkeley County, W.Va., to be rehired, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller&...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Unemployment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System, Defense Equipment, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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Tri-State-area lawmakers answer questions about sequester and its impact
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Job Layoffs
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Rockefeller convenes panel to address protecting children from violence in media
richardb@herald-mail.comRatings help, but parental intervention is the key to protecting children from the effects of playing violent video games, watching violence in movies and on television and seeing what’s widely available on the Internet, according to participants in...Tags: Social Sciences, Family, Culture, U.S. Congress, Entertainment
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W.Va. GOP chief confident his party will retain Capito's seat on Congress
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comWest Virginia Republican Party state Chairman Conrad Lucas said Tuesday he is “completely confident” the GOP will hold Shelley Moore Capito’s seat in Congress when she runs for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Since Capito announced her...Tags: Larry V. Faircloth, Rentals, U.S. Senate, Mike Hall, Shelley Moore Capito
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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: Career and Workplace, Violence Against Women Act, Joe Manchin III, Elections, U.S. Congress
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