Capito, Manchin Announce More Than $7 Million to Help Homeless Veterans

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U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a collection of grants totaling more than $7 million dollars to support homeless veterans under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. “Veterans can often face difficulties acclimating after their…

Spilman Plays Major Role in First-of-Its-Kind Labor & Employment Law Book

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Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four of the firm’s lawyers contributed to a first-of-its-kind book, “Trial Techniques for the Labor and Employment Law Practitioner,” published by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. “A book like this has never been done before,” said Eric W. Iskra, who served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the…

West Virginia’s Blueprint Communities: A Guide to Revitalizing Neighborhoods

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Described as a picture of uneven economic recovery by economist John Deskins, director of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the Mountain State continues to see healthy growth in some areas and economic weaknesses and population loss in others. By revitalizing some of West Virginia’s oldest neighborhoods, the state’s blueprint communities are attempting to turn the tide on this pattern.