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GOV. Bob Wise is allowing private lawyers hired by the Underwood administration to pursue a far-right agenda that argues against the right of citizens to sue state agencies that failed to obey federal law. We had hoped that Wise would... Published: Friday, March 02, 2001 Words: 587
pjnyden@wvgazette.com Gov. Bob Wise received more coal contributions after beating Cecil Underwood than he did during his campaign for governor. Coal companies and their executives gave Wise $120,340, or 20 percent of all the money... Published: Sunday, December 09, 2001 Words: 997
The payment of compensatory time raised the question of whether senior staff and other salaried employees could be paid for comp time. After a controversy erupted, Underwood called publicly for the money to be repaid. Wise requested... Published: Thursday, June 14, 2001 Words: 1012
now have either returned or said they will return a total of $170,155 they received in comp time. A total of $203,504 was paid out in comp time to a total of 25 people in the final weeks of the Underwood administration. Many of the... Published: Friday, February 02, 2001 Words: 229
order of the day for Wise, who started out greeting Division of Highways workers as they reported to work at 7:30 a.m. Gov. Cecil Underwood did the same thing four years ago, although Wise did him one better by having cups of coffee... Published: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 Words: 441
official by failing to protect the financial health of BEP and the state. "The Wise Administration obviously disagrees with many of the public policy choices made by the Underwood Administration, including those involving these cases,"... Published: Thursday, July 19, 2001 Words: 440
of the Oregon work, which listed West Virginia with the nation's 39th highest Workers' Comp rates. [They] then concluded that Workers' Comp rates in West Virginia are at or below the national average." Roberts noted that a more recent... Published: Monday, August 20, 2001 Words: 888
and the audit report made to the subcommittee cited deviations from policy and legal requirements. Based on the audit, 26 former Underwood employees received $208,626 for comp time between June 15, 2000, and Jan. 16 when his term ended.... Published: Sunday, April 01, 2001 Words: 1006
in several areas to make the state's Workers' Compensation program competitive with neighboring states. "We have to have consistent, fair, even-handed decisions across the system. I believe - I not only believe, I know - that has not... Published: Thursday, March 15, 2001 Words: 571
he is in office. Former Gov. Cecil Underwood in 1998 vetoed the West Virginia Jobs Act, which would require 90 percent of the workers on any publicly funded project to either live in West Virginia or within 75 miles of the job site.... Published: Monday, February 05, 2001 Words: 242
