Episodes
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzcY4ZKEMnQ Black lung disease was thought by some to be a disease of the past. It is not. It is not treatable or curable. Federal law says that a coal miner should work his or her entire life without incurring any disability from black lung. Why isn’t that happening? We’ll talk about Black Lung on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works - Black Lung one hour program will air Thursday, September 18 at 8:00pm.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuScLS_Upu4 Sexual violence is never the victim's fault. It doesn't matter where you were, the time of day, what you were wearing, or if you were drinking -- sex without consent is rape. Dan Ringer and guest Nancy Hoffman, State Coordinator for WV Foundation for Rape Information & Services will talk about finding help for victims of sexual violence on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WxBLwBC6w West Virginia is home to some of the world's most beautiful rivers and streams. But many of these waters are polluted, in part because of the way land is used in nearby areas. Dan Ringer and guests Katherine Garvey, Director, WVU Land Use Law Clinic and Nathan Fetty, Managing Attorney, WVU Land Use Law Clinic will talk about land trusts and conservation easements on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEhJOSwzq9g For the past few years the United States has been involved in war with a rock. The rock in question is coal. And just like any civil war the participants on both sides are from the same country, this one. The United States. Dan Ringer and guest Patrick McGinley will talk about the War on Coal on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLByKN9ClVE Freedom of information acts, were enacted for the purpose of providing information about the workings of government and the acts of public officials and employees. So how's that working out? Dan Ringer with guests Prof. Patrick C. McGinley, WVU College of Law and Don Smith, Executive Director, WV Press Association will talk about freedom of information on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC55SJsSdtQ Do you have a budget? How do you create it? Is it easy to follow? The State of West Virginia has a budget. It is not easy to create, and it is not easy to follow. Dan Ringer and guest State Senator Roman Prezioso, Chair of the West Virginia State Senate Finance Committee will talk about the West Virginia State Budget on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26sQ7ZIpTZQ There is much discussion in West Virginia, and elsewhere, about damage to streams and other wetlands as a result of coal mining and other mineral extraction industries. Streams are being buried and wetlands drained. Our water resources are being damaged, and sometimes lost. But what's to be done about it? Dan Ringer with guests WVU Law Professor Patrick C. McGinley and George Kelly, the founder of Environmental Banc and Exchange, LLC, will talk about stream and wetlands mitigation on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhh1OQ0KNw If you're accused of a crime, you are entitled to a few things. An attorney. To see the evidence. To confront witnesses. Your day in court. And an honest police effort. But what if the police are not honest? Dan Ringer and Richard Neely, Esq., former West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice will talk about Police Corruption, on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGg7YaBIbKw If you are selling or renting a house, apartment, or other residence, can you decide to whom you wish to sell, or have as a tenant?. What can you consider? Dan Ringer with guests Claire Chantler, Program Manager, Fair Housing Initiatives Program and Jan Derry, Executive Director, Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living, will talk about Fair Housing on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68J_lH4zPxo What should a court do when presented with an issue that has never been considered before, or one in which the law is not clear, or maybe the times have simply changed. Dan Ringer and former West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Neely will talk about active American Courts, on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWiXjQcOiuw We live in a complex world. We deal with new challenges every day. New technologies. New relationships. New ideas. And so do our courts. Dan Ringer and former West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Neely will talk about the challenges facing our courts, on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9aH8OX6AI Can you name two drugs, given to soldiers in wartime, and valued for their effects on behavior? One caused the troops to behave heroically. The other kept troops going when they were otherwise too tired to continue. Dan Ringer and guests William J. Ihlenfeld, II, U.S. Attorney, NDWV and Brian Kornbrath, Chief Federal Public Defender, NDWV will talk about Heroin and Methamphetamine on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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West Virginia University’s College of Law is hosting a forum this evening to discuss marriage equality in West Virginia. Evan Wolfson is the featured guest at Tuesday's event. Evan Wolfson is the founder and President of Freedom to Marry, a nation-wide campaign to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. Currently, the state of West Virginia makes no allowances for same-sex couples to be wed. “Couples who live here who get married in the 17 states that do have the freedom to marry can come back home and they will be respected by the federal government. But West Virginia continues to discriminate,” Wolfson says. Wolfson says that discrimination is currently being challenged by a lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal on behalf of three couples within the state. Wolfson was formerly the marriage project director for Lambda Legal and was co-counsel in a historic Hawaii marriage case in the mid-90s. “What we’re talking about here is the freedom to marry under the law, who can get a
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5vvTdbxWxA Suppose you live in a town or city. You work for the municipal government. You depend on the government for your pension, your police and fire protection, for trash pick-up, for street maintenance and parks. Then it files bankruptcy. Now what? Dan Ringer and guest Attorney Martin Sheehan will talk about Municipal Bankruptcy on this episode of The Law Works. The Law Works airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11:00 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEITSep9Vm0 Forty years ago, the United States had the highest public school graduation rate in the world. Today we're number twenty-one. In West Virginia we have a public school truancy rate of up to fifty percent in some counties. Dan Ringer and his guests Judge Alan Moats, Barbour & Taylor Counties and Glenn Sweet, Director, Barbour County Office of Attendance will talk about Truancy. The Law Works airs Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. on WV PBS and Friday at 11 a.m. on WV PBS2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgAWDbtFIKg What happens when a company causes an environmental disaster... injures hundreds of thousands of people...closes large and small businesses for days...then files bankruptcy? Join The Law Works host Dan Ringer and guest Martin Sheehan as they talk about "getting away with it" through bankruptcy. The Law Works airs on WV PBS Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and on WV PBS.2 Friday at 11 a.m .
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Frustration and anger continue to mount in the affected counties of last month’s chemical spill. West Virginians are getting schooled in chemistry and biology, and are suddenly intimately involved in considering the bigger picture of environmental regulations on industrial activities. Three experts, one on water quality, one on environmental law, and one on public health, spoke on the West Virginia Public Broadcasting's The Law Works about these issues.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejGNYfILKw One chemical company used to proclaim "better living through chemistry." But at what cost? That chemistry, those chemicals may be helpful, but they may also be dangerous. Host Dan Ringer and special guest Professor Patrick McGinley of the WVU College of Law will discuss the transport, storage, and control of chemicals, on this episode of The Law Works. This program airs February 6 at 8:30 p.m. on West Virginia PBS and is rebroadcast on WV PBS.2 on February 7 at 11 a.m.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urh8HgOfZ8A In West Virginia we have town governments, county governments, the state government, and the federal government. All of these governments govern the same people, in the same places. How does that work? Mayor Guy Ward of White Hall, WV and Michael Romano of the Harrison County Commission discuss Governments with Dan Ringer on this episode of The Law Works. This episode of The Law Works premiers on Nov. 14, 2013 at 8: 30pm on WV PBS.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFB1ki0YW8 Why are some convicted criminal defendants sentenced more harshly than others? If two people commit the same offense, and are convicted of it, sometimes one goes home, and the other to prison. Why is that? Judge Alan Moats and Judge Russell Clawges join Dan Ringer to discuss Sentencing in Criminal Cases on this episode of The Law Works. This episode of The Law Works premiers on November 7, 2013 at 8:30 pm on WV PBS.
