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Will the natural gas industry forever be protected?
To the Editor: Prior to the legislative session, attorney T. Shea Cook filed a declaratory judgement action in Tazewell County Circuit Court on behalf of a Buchanan County gas royalty owner who li...
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Turnaround takes effort, one job at a time
Across the nation, the big talk these days is job creation. If the economy is going to recover, officials say, we have to have people bringing home paychecks and paying taxes, house payments and h...
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Bipartisanship requires work and will
by LEE HAMILTON - Directory of the Center on Congress at Indiana University
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After seven hours together at their recent health-care forum, President Obama, congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans emerged no closer to an agreement than when they started. It was...
Budget negotiations dominate session's final week
by SEN. PHILLIP PUCKETT
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We have entered the final week of the 2010 General Assembly Session. We are scheduled to adjourn on Saturday, March 13. This week, the House of Delegates and Senate will finish acting on all leg...
Bills target economic growth
by SEN. PHILLIP PUCKETT
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We are now entering the final two weeks of the 2010 General Assembly Session. We are scheduled to adjourn on Saturday, March 13. We will have been here a total of 60 days in what is referred to as...
Oversight of health insurance company practices sorely needed
by REP. RICK BOUCHER
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Last week, with my strong support, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act with a broad, bipartisan majority of 406 to 19. The measu...
Legislators committed 'political suicide'
by JUANITA SNEEUWJAGT - Committee for Constitutional and Environmental Justice
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To the Editor: It seems Sens. William Wampler and Phillip Puckett and Dels. Clarence "Bud" Phillips and Terry Kilgore have committed political suicide during the General Assembly session. At th...
Range Resources praised for treatment of landowner
by CICERO & JUDY McKINNEY
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To the Editor: We are writing this letter to show our appreciation for the work that Range Resources Gas Company recently did for us. In the past, we have not failed to speak out and let it be kno...
Lawmakers still have many bills to consider
by SEN. PHILLIP PUCKETT
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We have now made it past “Crossover Day” and we are all very glad to have that deadline behind us. That means that the Senate will now consider all of the bills and resolutions that the House passe...