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BACK PEW: Previewing the 2025 Legislative Session

Column by Stephen Baldwin, On February 12, your elected officials will convene in Charleston for the 60-day legislative session. Here’s a quick preview of some major policies, politics, and personalities under the dome.  BUDGET DEFICIT? Everybody wants to know whether West Virginia is in a budget deficit or a budget surplus? That’s the question folks […]

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