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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Americans who’ve been impacted by terrorism have been calling on Congress to authorize full funding for the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund ( USVSST Fund ) and for transparency related to two 9/11 lawsuits.
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(The Center Square) – West Virginia sued Pennsylvania, claiming its neighbor to the north illegally blocks its power producers from selling energy credits there.
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(Legal Newsline) – A Monongalia County woman has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit over hidden cameras found in staff bathrooms at Ruby Memorial Hospital.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter that was removed due to public concerns of political bias.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Providing nonmedical care and companionship for senior-aged adults through final two years undergraduates in higher education in a government-approved program not costing taxpayers a nickel is being proposed at the federal and state levels.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Sixteen state attorneys general are calling on the “Big Four Accounting Firms” by letter for accountability over their actions that prioritize Environmental, Social, Governance investment strategies and climate goals, which will prove to be detrimental to consumers, the officials say.
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(Legal Newsline) – Two West Virginia natives and Marshall University graduates helped a former University of Alabama basketball player beat The New York Times to the tune of $9.25 million.
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(Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for The Greenbrier pushed back after a Louisiana-based bank sought to inject its separate debt dispute with the resort into the West Virginia Lottery’s review of the recent $500 million refinancing deal.
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(Legal Newsline) – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey says changes are coming to increase the share of future opioid-related settlements that will go directly to the state and local governments.
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(The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report reveals.
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