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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Rep. Carol Miller was home in Huntington as the federal government shutdown moved through its sixth day.
Carol Miller
Miller (WV-1), by her choice, isn’t being paid her congressional salary.
“It’s just making the point, ‘Don’t pay me. We’re in a shutdown. I’m at home,'” Miller said Monday on MetroNews Midday.
Miller and some other members of the U.S. House are refusing their salaries. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has also taken that step.
Miller said it’s time for the

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–Hospitals are worried about the potential increase in cost for the H-1B visas in the recruitment of foreign doctors
–State lawmakers are in Charleston for interim meetings
–Senator Capito says the threat of federal job losses is real as the government shutdown continues
–In Sports: WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez says each member of the Mountaineer family needs to look within to determine if they are doing everything they can to win
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MADISON, W.Va. — A 28-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a car in Boone County.
State police troopers said Kaitlyn Gilliam died from the injuries she suffered Saturday morning on Pond Fork Road near Madison.
Troopers said witnesses told them Gilliam ran into the road shortly before the collision.
The driver has not been charged. An investigation continues.
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