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Supporters of publicly financed state Supreme Court elections hope a recent poll of 600 West Virginia voters will boost prospects for Gov. Joe Manchin's bill on the subject.

The Feb. 21-24 survey found 54 percent viewing the Supreme Court positively, but with 78 percent indicating that…

With the 60-day session concluding at midnight Saturday (corrected), the Charleston Daily Mail asks whether the length of the Legislature's annual get-together is "too long, too short or just right."

The article said critics consider the regular session "too long and thus hammers taxpayers with needless expense," and…

"This reminds of me of potty training, when you take somebody's nose and rub it in the poop."

-- Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, weighing in on the abortion-related ultrasound bill, as quoted by The Charleston Gazette.

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• West Virginia lawmakers may share their power to grant specialty license plates, The Associated Press reports. A Senate committee is slated to take up a House-passed bill that would allow the Division of Motor Vehicles commissioner to issue plates sought by non-political nonprofit groups under certain condition. DMV officials…

• Legislature 2010: Abortion 9 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am Lincoln Walks At Midnight

  Legislation that would "require doctors to offer women the chance to view ultrasound images before getting an abortion" is down to its final committee for review, The Associated Press and others report.
  
  AP was among those on hand for the more than three hours of debate that preceded…

• W.Va. getting attention for election funding bill - BusinessWeek 8 Mar 2010 | 6:22 pm west virginia politics - Google News

  W.Va. getting attention for election funding bill BusinessWeek The Justice at Stake Campaign and the Committee for Economic Development unveiled recent polling of West Virginia voters Monday as they endorsed the public ... West Virginia lawmakers… Mixed Results for W.Va. Dems in Poll 8 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm Lincoln Walks At Midnight The attitudes of West Virginia voters heading into this year's elections may be glimpsed in polling conducted by supporters of Gov. Joe Manchin's Supreme Court public financing bill: 36 percent said they were more likely to vote for Republican congressional candidates compared to 35 percent more likely to go with… Don Blankenship and the West Virginia Supreme Court. 20 Jan 2008 | 3:56 pm Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics West Virginia's Chief Supreme Court justice Elliott E. 'Spike' Maynard agreed Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 to recuse himself from a pending case involving Massey Energy Co and Massey's President, CEO and Chairman Don Blankenship. The recusal happened after pictures of Don Blankenship and Spike Maynard became public. The pictures taken and made… Politics and the Pink Bridge 17 Jun 2007 | 8:13 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics Local politics in Cabell County WV is pretty much business as usual as we approach election 2008. there is not too much to report because every political fiasco in the county seems to be professionally covered up and well whitewashed. So much for political commentery from a liberal democrat. I… Bloggers in West Virginia Politics 2 Dec 2006 | 8:43 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics Stephanie Heck on TV This Weekend I will be discussing blogging technology on the Bray Cary "Decision Makers" show. It airs at 9 a.m. Saturday (repeated 8 a.m. Sunday and 12:30 a.m. Monday) on WBOY-TV, WTRF-TV, WOWK-TV and WVNS-TV. The other West Virginia panelists are Don Surber from Charleston WV… Democratic Victory 9 Nov 2006 | 4:42 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics I am quite thrilled that the Democratic Party has had a massive victory in the November 2006 General Election. I am further thrilled that Don Blankenship's arrogant attempt to buy a Republican Legislature was soundly rejected by the fair minded voters of this state of West Virginia. Stephanie Heck Don Blankenship WV Politics 5 Nov 2006 | 3:58 pm Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics Don Blankenship wants us all to believe that filthy rich coal barons have the best interest of the children at heart, in much the same way they want us to believe that they have the best interest of the coal miners at heart. Coal Baron's have historically raped this… John Raese 28 Jul 2006 | 5:53 pm Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics I have recently gone to the HNN Huntington News web site to see the latest absurd ads for John Raese and his silly effort to get people to take him seriously in his efforts to get rid of Senator Byrd. John Raese has political ads all over the HNN website.… Robert Byrd Senate Record 12 Jun 2006 | 6:50 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia today becomes the longest serving United States Senator in American History this day. Senator Byrd has set the Senate Record. Byrd has been in the Senate since 1958. For a total of 17,327 days in Senate office serving West Virginia. Senator Byrd has dedicated his entire… Doug Reynolds 3 Apr 2006 | 9:19 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics I recently had the pleasure of meeting a bright young man named Doug Reynolds. Doug informs me that he is running for the West Virginia Legislature in the 16th. Delegate District.  He seems to be carving out a name for himself in local Cabell County politics and establishing a… Bush Wheeling West Virginia 22 Mar 2006 | 1:48 pm Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics I just got finished watching President Bush address what appears to be a handpicked crowd in Wheeling West Virginia. The well choreographed crowd applauded President Bush on numerous occasions. President Bush wants to convince the citizens of West Virginia that the War in Iraq is predicated on promoting democratic… Cabell County Politics 21 Feb 2006 | 10:03 am Huntington West Virginia Blog - West Virginia Politics It saddens me that Delegate Dale Stephens of the Cabell County delegation to the West Virginia Legislature has decided to break democratic party ranks in support of a republican sponsored gay marriage amendment to the state constitution. I have never been one for the politics of bias. The democratic leadership and… Comments Add New Search Write comment Name: Email:  do not notifynotify Title: UBBCode:         -color-aquablackbluefuchsiagraygreenlimemaroonnavyolivepurpleredsilvertealwhiteyellow -size-tinysmallmediumlargehuge     Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26 3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."   More articles : » About Us » Rudy Giuliani » ALABAMA » ALASKA » ARIZONA HOME News LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE Independent HUMOR ISSUES PEOPLE STATES VIDEO ARCHIVES MEMBERS AREA About Us Terms of Service Privacy Policy Feedback