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Thompson departing House of Delegates
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Rick Thompson is laying aside the gavel as speaker of the House of Delegates for a new role in West Virginia government, a cabinet-level post as secretary of the Department of Veterans Assistance. But don't consider this as the final chapter in his...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Family, American Legion, Elections
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House speaker resignation sparks political jockeying
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Even before House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, announced his resignation, fellow delegates began debating who would be next to lead the House. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday Thompson is leaving his post as speaker to...Tags: Harry Keith White, Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Elections
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House Speaker Thompson appointed to Department of Veterans Assistance
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.House Speaker Rick Thompson will take a new post as secretary of the Department of Veterans Assistance. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thompson's appointment Thursday morning. Current Secretary Keith Gwinn is retiring for health reasons, Tomblin said....Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Labor Legislation, Government, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace
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Thompson to depart house speaker post
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Rick Thompson is abandoning his post as speaker of the House of Delegates to accept a cabinet-level job in the Tomblin administration as head of the Department of Veterans Assistance. Thompson's departure is likely to trigger a scramble to succeed him...Tags: Politics
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Ex-Beckley city attorney named acting W.Va. tax commissioner
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Mark Matkovich arrived in Beckley after law school to land a job as an assistant public defender. As of Wednesday, the Ames, Iowa, native began serving as acting West Virginia tax commissioner, a job given him by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and one that...Tags: University of New Hampshire, Justice System, Lawyers, Iowa State University , Crime, Law and Justice
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BRIEF: Special license plate commemorates state sesquicentennial
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.The Division of Motor Vehicles is helping motorists show their state pride with special license plates commemorating West Virginia's 150th birthday. The DMV is offering the special sesquicentennial plate as an alternative standard-issue plate option... -
W.Va. cultural budget cut 8 percent
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fairs, festivals and cultural events around the state will feel the impact of the state budget crunch, with funding cut by more than 8 percent in the 2013-14 budget. Lottery funds appropriated to those groups through a Culture and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Carnegie Hall, Festive Events, Summerfest, Budgets and Budgeting
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Mon General cardiac center dedicated
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.Warren T. Anderson spent 40 years fixing broken hearts, and in the process, forever changed the trajectory of Monongalia General Hospital. On Tuesday, the hospital acknowledged the cardiologist's revolutionary impact by putting his name on its cardiac...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Hospitals and Clinics, Electrophysiology, Cardiac Catheterization, Neiman Marcus
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Expo touts natural gas-powered vehicles
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Hundreds of natural gas and automotive industry representatives are in Charleston this week touting the potential benefits of natural gas-powered vehicles at the first-ever Appalachian Basin NGV Expo and Conference at the Charleston...Tags: Vehicles, Invention and Innovation, Marketing, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Attorney general asked to check validity of home rule expansion
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office isn't saying if he is quietly looking into the validity of West Virginia's expanded municipal home rule pilot project, as two Republican legislators in Cabell County have requested. One of them, Delegate...Tags: Research, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marking 150th birthday, interims move to Wheeling
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Half a century ago, a smiling, youthful John Kennedy braved a showery day at the West Virginia Capitol to help celebrate the centennial. Looking across a sea of umbrella-clutching admirers, the president quipped, "The sun does not always shine in West...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Labor Legislation, Christianity, Primaries, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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BRIEF: Tomblin celebrates new gas pipeline law
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.SISSONVILLE, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Kanawha County officials held a ceremony this morning to acknowledge the state's new pipeline safety law. Tomblin signed the bill into law on April 29, but held a symbolic bill signing at 10:30 a.m. at the...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Crime, Law and Justice
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