Emergency workers continued their search Wednesday for Donnie Adkins, the Glasgow firefighter who has been missing since early Saturday when his boat capsized in a raging Raleigh County creek.
Gov. Joe Manchin has vetoed his first bill from the 2010 regular session because of technical problems with the legislation -- making it the first of several bills the Legislature will likely have to correct and re-pass before leaving town this weekend.
As a historic vote on sweeping health-care legislation nears, Democratic moderates in the House of Representatives face relentless pressure as they juggle personal pleas from President Barack Obama, a multimillion-dollar ad barrage and constituents who are fed up with the congressional process.
A key difference is that the Senate wants to direct $345.6 million of general revenue to pay down the unfunded liability in the Teachers' Retirement System, while the House bill puts in $326.9 million.
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