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W.Va. Ethics Commission Names Interim Director

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  The West Virginia Ethics Commission has named a Charleston attorney as its interim executive director.

Commission chairman Kemp Morton tells the Charleston Daily Mail that Rebecca Stepto will begin her new duties Monday.

Stepto was hired by the commission as a contract employee in January.

The commission fired former executive director Joan Parker on June 5. Commission members didn’t give a reason.