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The Mountain State is seeking its first statewide strategy for countering the ravages of drug and alcohol addiction.

West Virginia will likely be sued by most -- if not all -- of its 55 county school boards, after the Legislature shot down Gov.

Members of the state Senate Finance Committee last week blocked a plan by Gov. Joe Manchin to give West Virginia boards of education a reprieve concerning "post-employment benefits." Members of the panel agreed that the governor's one-year plan merely postpones a very expensive day of reckoning.

Lawmakers wrote the final chapter Friday in a special legislative session by "stabilizing" West Virginia's fuel tax, or ultimately raising it if you buy the position of its foes.

The West Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would help cities struggling with unfunded pension costs for their paid firefighters and police officers.

West Virginia's Legislature ended its special session Friday with tweaks to the gas tax and state energy policy among the final bills to pass.

Governor Joe Manchin says if EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson isn't in a cooperating mood, they'll go straight to the top to deal with new surface mining permitting process.

Substance abuse costs West Virginia hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and Gov.

The state Independent Commission on Judicial Reform has issued a final report that recommends the formation of an appellate court and a pilot program that would permit public financing of judicial elections.

Some of West Virginia's largest cities can soon freeze and gradually pay down their daunting pension funding shortfalls, after the House of Delegates sent Gov.

The new West Virginia Supercomputing Center is in the Stone Center. Its grand opening was celebrated by politicians, business people and citizens.

Both houses of the West Virginia Legislature and Governor Joe Manchin have designated November 18th as Robert C. Byrd Day.

West Virginia school boards worried about paying for retiree benefits may go without temporary relief from the Legislature, after the Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday to reject Gov.

A committee to reform West Virginia's courts suggests a pilot program to publically fund one state Supreme Court race in 2012.

From the standpoints of some cities seeking state help to deal with underfunded municipal pension programs, a proposal West Virginia legislators are to consider this week may not sound perfect.

West Virginia should create a new appeals court to unburden the state Supreme Court, a judicial reform panel appointed by Gov.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Negotiators believe they've crafted legislation that will help West Virginia cities with pension debts, while also avoiding the wrath of the state's rural lawmakers.

Nov. 15, 2009 Huntington Police, Fire Pension Issue Included in Special Session By Huntingtonnews.net Staff Charleston, WV -- West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on Friday, Nov.

West Virginia cities with cash-strapped pension funds could be in store for some relief when the Legislature heads to the Capitol next week.

Gov. Joe Manchin issued a formal call late Friday that spells out the details of the issues he wants lawmakers to tackle in a special legislative session next week.