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Gov. Joe Manchin doesn't have an immediate plan to call a special session of the Legislature to address prison overcrowding, a spokesman said Friday.

A commission appointed by Gov. Joe Manchin to study prison overcrowding recommends building a 1,200-cell correctional facility and expanding alternative sentencing programs to avoid "disastrous consequences" in regional jails and ease the overflow of inmates.

A governor's commission submitted 14 short- and long-term recommendations to alleviate overcrowding in state prisons on Wednesday.

June 30, 2009 Governor Joe Manchin to Serve as Keynote Speaker for Cancer Survivor Build Dedicates Altizer Playground, Too Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV -- West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin joins in a 'wall raising'celebration for the 2009 Cancer Survivor Build, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 2 p.m. in conjunction with the Huntington ...

According to one 2007 report card issued by the Corporation for Enterprise Development, "West Virginia received the dunce cap " after receiving Fs again in all three categories of their grading system.

Gov. Joe Manchin leads Kanawha County Commissioner Hoppy Shores and Charleston Mayor Danny Jones away from the groundbreaking as balloons fly.

Senate Minority Leader Don Caruth says a July 1 meeting on raising tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike is designed to minimize opposition, and he says Gov.

Gov. Joe Manchin says West Virginia has to find a balance between the economy and the environment.

Nearly $7-million dollars in federal stimulus money will go toward improving the state's criminal justice system.

Bringing a promise of more renewable power sources throughout the state, Gov. Joe Manchin was on hand Thursday to dedicate the NedPower Mount Storm Wind Project in Grant County.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is the new chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin said today's students know best what's wrong with the type of education they're receiving, and they should be the ones "to take charge of their education and demand more." On Tuesday, he asked nearly 400 of the state's top high school girls - attending Rhododendron Girls State this week at Wheeling Jesuit University - ...

The walls of West Virginia Independence Hall in downtown Wheeling showcased Mountain State history Saturday with the unveiling of the new Civil War Battle Flags exhibit, "Waving for Liberty and the Union." The official dedication of the star-spangled display was held as part of the West Virginia Day observance, and the event featured Governor Joe ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A bill that makes it easier for Charleston and Kanawha County to form a metro government should withstand a legal challenge, a legislative attorney said Tuesday.

West Virginia lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday, this time to address $45.3 million worth of funding measures before the new state budget takes effect July 1. The House and Senate began their second special session of the year, which coincides with their already scheduled three-day series of interim study meetings.

West Virginia's method of electing judges is written into the state's constitution, and it would take a vote of the people to change it, according to state Sen.

As money from the federal economic stimulus package arrives in West Virginia, Gov.

Gov. Joe Manchin has signed a diverse range of ten bills into law, touching on everything from alternative energy sources to extra help for third and eighth grade students.

Huntingtonnews.net Staff Political Analysis Rumors, rumors, rumors! So many rumors circulating around the Mountain State have to do with U.S. Senator Robert Byrd's illness--and how it might shake up the entire state's political landscape in due time.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday named a Wheeling lawyer to the commission charged with reforming the state's court system.