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AARP West Virginia volunteers lobby state legislators: Drug costs and transportation options remain key issues
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Hundreds of AARP volunteers and chapter members from across West
Virginia poured into the state Capitol in Charleston on Feb. 14 to
meet with legislators and other officials about the issues that most
concern them.
Gov. Joe Manchin III and Attorney General Darrell McGraw both
spoke to the crowd in the Capitol cafeteria, which was attended by
nearly 50 state lawmakers.
After the program, the group attended a session of the House of
Delegates, where Del. Brent Boggs, D-Braxton, in...
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AARP West Virginia lobbies state Legislators
Charleston Gazette
; Hundreds of AARP volunteers and chapter members from across West Virginia poured into the state Capitol in Charleston on Feb. 14 to meet with legislators and other officials about the issues that most concern them. Gov. Joe Manchin III and Attorney General Darrell McGraw both spoke to the crowd in
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AARP West Virginia honors Andrus Award winner
Charleston Gazette
; AARP West Virginia has awarded its top honor to Bill Davis, who has served as state president of the organization for six years. The AARP Andrus Award for Community Service recognizes outstanding AARP volunteers and members in every state who are making a powerful difference in their communities,
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AARP West Virginia Delegation Supports Divided We Fail at Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
U.S. Newswire
; To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ginger McDaniel of AARP West Virginia, +1-304-552-0983; or Cecelia Prewett of AARP National, +1-202-434-2560 WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the latest effort to bring individuals, businesses, consumer groups and government together to find solutions
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Correction (Updated Quote): AARP West Virginia Delegation Supports Divided We Fail at Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
U.S. Newswire
; To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ginger McDaniel of AARP West Virginia, +1-304-552-0983; or Cecelia Prewett of AARP National, +1-202-434-2560 Staff Meet With Rep. Shelley Moore Capito to Discuss Divided We Fail Pledge WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the latest effort to bring
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West Virginia, closed for repairs
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; CHANGE isn't always good. Take the case of West Virginia's new commerce-friendly "Open for Business" slogan, now appearing on all 114 state "welcome" signs at major highway border crossings. A petition drive to replace the new buzzwords with the traditional "Wild, Wonderful" slogan has garnered
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What West Virginia Needs to Do in Order to Compete in the 21st Century
Special Report - Tax Foundation
; A briefing delivered on the floor of the West Virginia House of Representatives on December 11, 2006, regarding West Virginia's recent tax reform and the need for continued reform. Introduction Thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak with you today about your tax reform effort. I always
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Number of West Virginia-based companies on Top 100 list decreasing
The State Journal
; Take away hospitals, and West Virginia-based businesses don't take up much space on this year's 100 Top Employers list - about 10 percent. Over the years, that number has been decreasing. In 1996, the year the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs (BEP) started putting the list together, 15
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Charleston hosts Clinton and Obama: ; West Virginia could be recurring battleground in tight campaign
Charleston Daily Mail
; The contentious knockdown, drag-out between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is spilling into West Virginia. Starting today, these two final Democratic presidential contenders hope to woo West Virginia voters in what is likely the beginning of a series of appearances in the Mountain State.
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College of West Virginia signs affiliation agreement with WVU
The State Journal
; BECKLEY -- The College of West Virginia, a private college in Beckley, and West Virginia University (WVU) celebrated an affiliation agreement last week that will bring higher education in Southern West Virginia to a new level. Under the agreement signed in February, both schools will remain
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Officials dispute state's ranking on Web site: West Virginia ranked 42nd for small businesses
Charleston Daily Mail
; FOR THE DAILY MAIL An Internet business column has ranked West Virginia as 42nd on its list of the best and worst states to run a small business. Several state business leaders acknowledge the state has its shortcomings, but they don't believe the picture is as gloomy as it's portrayed in the
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