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Manchin sees pension session 'highly likely'
Chances are strong that West Virginia lawmakers will spend part of this month’s interims sessions taking up a plan to resolve a municipal police and fire pension crisis, Gov. Joe Manchin disclosed Monday.
“It looks promising,” Manchin said, as he prepared to brief a middle school audience in Shady Spring on the state’s efforts to deal with the threat of influenza.
“They’re going to have something. I haven’t heard exactly, but I know it’s been very progressive. Hopefully, we’ll know this week, or the first of next for sure. It looks positive.”
Manchin said a special session, dovetailing with the Nov. 17-19 interims, is “highly likely” to deal with troubled pension plans that are threatening to push some West Virginia cities into bankruptcy.
See the complete story in Tuesday's edition of The Register-Herald.
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Division of Forestry offers tips for safer debris burning
Winter storms downed numerous trees throughout West Virginia, and as the weather warms, landowners will want to clear that debris from their property. In most cases, they will choose to burn it.
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Service set for firefighter swept away in floodwater
Services are planned next week for a Kanawha County firefighter who was swept away while attempting a water rescue in Raleigh County.
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Lawmakers pass $11.6 billion budget
West Virginia state government is poised to spend $11.6 billion during next budget year, after the Legislature sent Gov. Joe Manchin a compromise spending plan Saturday.
- Calendar — Sunday, March 21, 2010
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A somber day
Search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a Kanawha County firefighter who was swept into floodwaters March 13 during a swift water rescue mission in Beaver.
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS and DELAYS
Click HERE to go to the West Virginia Department of Education with up-to-date school closings and delays by county.
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Lawmakers to vote on budget
West Virginia’s Senate and House of Delegates are ready to vote on a new, $11.6 billion spending plan that slightly reduces state government’s reliance on general tax revenues.
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Search for suspect in shooting of an Oak Hill officer ongoing
The search for the suspect involved in the Thursday morning shooting of an Oak Hill Police officer remains ongoing.
- Additional warrants issued in home invasion
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Rahall mulls health care vote
With a decision looming Sunday, U.S. Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and Rick Boucher, D-Va., said they both are still undecided on the $940 billion health care overhaul bill.
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Division of Forestry offers tips for safer debris burning
