Some nonviolent inmates in West Virginia could be eligible for early parole under a bill approved Thursday by the House of Delegates -- but only if their crimes don't involve children.
Keeping would-be dropouts in school until they're 17 years old could cause more problems than it would solve, members of the Senate Finance Committee concluded Thursday.
There will be a lot less money available for a pilot public financing project for the 2012 state Supreme Court races, after the state Senate voted Thursday to strip most of the funding sources out of the bill.
For perhaps the first time, a single agency could soon manage the estimated 9,300 vehicles owned or leased by West Virginia state government.
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