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<title>Ethics law falling short of promise to clean up government, critics say</title>
<description><![CDATA[    In 1974, mine inspectors wanted a pay raise. So they put hundreds of        dollars in a brown paper<br />bag and headed to Charleston.  The money was intended for Delegate T. J. Scott, D-McDowell, who        <li>ponsored legislation to<br />increase t...]]></description>
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<title>SNUFFED OUT</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Lynn Byus started dipping snuff on a dare.  Byus, 39, now works for the West Virginia Chapter of the American        Cancer Society. She giggled a<br />little when she told about how she became        addicted to smokeless <strong>tobacco</strong> as a...]]></description>
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<title>DROPPING COIN</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Just before 11 p.m. March 13, 1999, the Rev. Nathan Wilson walks out of        the Senate chamber.<br />Its the last night of the session, and he is going        home to his wife and baby after 14 hours of<br />lobbying at the West        Virginia Legi...]]></description>
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<title>LOBBYISTS WINE, DINE LEGISLATORS FOR FAVORS</title>
<description><![CDATA[    This is the third installment in a series examining the cycle of        influence in the state<br />Legislature - how campaign contributions,        lobbyist spending and personal financial interests<br />affect legislation.        <li><a href="mailto:...]]></description>
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<title>LEGISLATORS CONFLICTS CAN CUT BOTH WAYS</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Doing the right thing - or more importantly, appearing to do the right        thing - can be tough for<br />a state legislator.  Ask Sen. Martha Yeager Walker, D-Kanawha. When she became a candidate        for state senator in<br />1992, she quit her j...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[    For the next few weeks, the Sunday Gazette-Mail will be        investigating the cycle of influence in<br />the state Legislature - how        campaign contributions, lobbyist spending and personal        financial<br />interests affect legislation.  S...]]></description>
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