Maryland challenges online payday lender owned by tribal member

By Amy Biegelsen

Western Sky Financial’s website features a logo with three teepees and a toll-free number for customers to apply for an overnight loan. A no

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"… l immunity elsewhere. In a separate action initiated in 2008, the state of West Virginia tried to block Lakota Cash from doing business there. West Virginia said L …"

"… ate of West Virginia tried to block Lakota Cash from doing business there. West Virginia said Lakota Cash failed to obtain a state-required license and that consum …"

"… han the maximum 18 percent allowed by the state.In an April 2009 letter to West Virginia’s attorney general’s office, Webb’s attorney argued that since Webb …"

"… h Dakota Secretary of State, so the tribe did not create the business.Both West Virginia and Maryland are in the process of scheduling hearings in their ongoing ca …"

Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

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"… allies: Native American tribes.In legal fights in California, New Mexico, West Virginia and Colorado, a group of Internet-based payday lenders have argued they ar …"

"… usiness, or its legal battles with states such as Colorado, California and West Virginia. The head of the local Chamber of Commerce knew nothing about it. And the …"

"… perated by the tribes.One case involving tribal lenders has been resolved. West Virginia’s attorney general reached a $128,000 settlement in 2008 with companies …"

"… laimed that Internet-based lenders associated with the tribes had violated West Virginia’s limits on payday lending. The tribal companies didn’t admit any wron …"

Greenhouse cash

By Chris Hamby

Oil, gas and coal money favored Republican campaigns 4-to-1

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"… epublican, took in about $258,000 during the same time.In the U.S. Senate, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin , an ally of the coal industry, received more from th …"

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Energy dollars fueled campaigns of Democrats who defected on EPA vote

By Chris Hamby

Energy cash fueled campaigns of Democrats defecting on EPA vote

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"… many from the southeast U.S. and coal-rich states such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia, received an average of almost $53,000 apiece from the fossil fuel industr …"

"… rage amount received by other Senate Democrats. The top recipient was West Virginia Democrat and coal industry ally Joe Manchin, who received more than $318,0 …"

Republicans move forward against coal ash regulation

By Chris Hamby

Amid health risks, worries about a threat to jobs and the economy

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"… could pose to communities’ air and water – received some attention.One West Virginia resident who lives near a large coal ash dump on a pond known as Little Bl …"

Coal is back, even as the Obama administration pushes green energy

By Jeremy Borden and Jim Morris

Improving economy requires electricity, so Big Coal is back

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"… 29 miners killed in an explosion last year at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, confirming that the bureau was attempting to determine “whether any fed …"

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Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

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"… men killed in last year’s explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia revealed a surprising fact: Most had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, bette …"

"… e dust in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West Virginia University, told iWatch News. “But there doesn’t have to be black lung …"

"… be a particular problem in central Appalachia, which encompasses southern West Virginia, western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, NIOSH found.Among possible explana …"

"… e that they have the disease and that it was caused by their work exposure.West Virginia lawyer Tim Bailey takes a different approach, using a state law to sue coa …"

Some anti-spending candidates’ businesses have government contracts, tax breaks in their past

By Kimberly Leonard and Aaron Mehta

In his quest for West Virginia’s Senate seat, Republican John Raese frequently attacks “professional politicians’ out-of-control spending sp

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"… een the Huffington Post Investigative Fund and the Center. …"

One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

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"… d spans nearly 1,000 acres of rolling, rural landscape in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Millions of tons of coal ash have landed in the 35- …"

Six Questions for J. Davitt McAteer

By Jim Morris

Former mine safety regulator complains of inaction

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"… y.   …"

"… e past year?There hasn’t been any change, either on a statewide basis in West Virginia or in the nation.Why not?The lack of action can be traced to two items: Th …"

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