Despite a decline in fatal accidents, federal statistics show 2007 was the second deadliest year since 2002 for U.S. coal miners. According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, 32 miners died on the job last year, including eight in …
West Virginia will make good on a promise to open a new Capitol cafeteria on the first full day of this year’s legislative session. The former cafeteria was closed in October 2006 after health inspectors found roaches, filthy equipment, toxic …
A change in terminology may have helped win an endorsement for draft legislation addressing West Virginia’s ongoing efforts to privatize its workers’ compensation system. The bill calls on the state insurance commissioner to inform lawmakers of proposed rule, policy and …
Tonya Conley is one of just 15 people in West Virginia with a driver’s license despite having vision below minimum legal standards. But if a bill recommended by an interim legislative committee passes this year, she could be joined by …
A leading expert on the way West Virginia’s courts handle asbestos claims urged legislators Sunday to avoid proposed changes to the system. “Not only is it a mistake, it would be unnecessary,” retired Kanawha Circuit Judge Andrew MacQueen told an …
West Virginia’s insurance commissioner still objects, but lawmakers continue to pursue some role overseeing the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. A joint Judiciary Committee panel voted Sunday to advance a bill to require the commissioner to inform the Legislature …
West Virginia officials announced that a Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits exceeding $3,800.00. On May 15, 2007, a Raleigh County Grand Jury indicted Angel M. Delung, 34, of Shady Springs, W. Va., on one …
Legislation to update Pennsylvania’s mining safety law is said to be nearing readiness — nearly two years after a state senator warned that foot-dragging could leave blood on the hands of Pennsylvania’s lawmakers. If it passes, it will come after …
The Travelers Cos. Inc. will pay $6 million to settle investigations in 9 states and the District of Columbia over how it paid brokers. The St. Paul-based company said it had reached agreements with attorneys general in Michigan, Florida, Hawaii, …
At least four West Virginia University fraternities still can’t move back into the houses they were evicted from last spring. Houses for Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa were condemned in May for …
