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Legislation that would set ground rules for consolidating local and county governments in West Virginia is on its way to the House after passing the Senate.
The bill that passed 27-6 on Thursday sets the stage for possible city-city, city-county and county-county mergers in an effort to create economies of scale in the state. The legislation grew out of last year's Commission on Governing in the 21st Century study.See the full content of this document
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Government Consolidation Bill Passes Senate
Supporters of mergers say communities can compete more effectively for federal dollars by pooling populations and ...
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