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The poll predicts a slim 8-7 Democrat legislative majority, with incumbent Senators Terlaje, Regine Biscoe Lee and Telena Nelson rounding out the top three. Former Senator Tina Muna Barnes placed fourth, incumbent Joe San Agustin is fifth and newcomer Republican James Moylan placed sixth.
Regarded as a savior to many Vietnam War refugees and as a political centrist willing to cross party lines, former Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray will be remembered at a funeral Friday as a beloved leader - who likely would have a tough time being elected in today's political climate. As Iowa residents of all political stripes reflect on the Republican governor's 14-year bipartisan legacy, many acknowledge that the qualities that made Ray so respected and effective would largely disqualify him as a politician today, reflecting dramatic changes in state and national politics in the 35 years since he left office.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's heart clearly is in the right place. But what about his head? That's a question some West Virginia legislators, along with others in our state, have been asking for several months.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin recently issued a statement urging congressional passage of the Miners Protection Act, legislation supported by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito that would protect health care benefits for retired coal miners and their families: "For decades, West Virginia's coal miners have given tirelessly of themselves to power our nation, lift up our economy and support their families.
The Republican lawmakers chosen Sunday to lead West Virginia's Senate and House of Delegates said measures supporting businesses and jobs will lead next year's agenda, while acknowledging concerns about state budget deficits they'll face.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin are set to be Uber's first riders in West Virginia. The governor's office says Tomblin and Manchin are scheduled to take a short trip by Uber from the Capitol Market in Charleston to the state Capitol building on Tuesday.
Federal officials have approved two more West Virginia counties for individual aid after damaging floods killed 23 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Three West Virginia counties devastated by flooding will receive federal disaster assistance, the state's governor announced Saturday as the death toll rose again. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide individual assistance, which includes emergency medical support, housing and addresses a number of immediate needs, to residents in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties, West Virginia officials said Saturday.
Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left at least 23 people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. Most of the dead and all of the missing, officials believe, were in the county of Greenbrier home of the renowned golf resort of the same name.
Some West Virginia legislators appear to have caught shutdown fever. That would explain why they are returning to Charleston a day earlier than previously planned, to work on the state budget.