H. Craig Slaughter, executive director of the West Virginia Investment...

H. Craig Slaughter, executive director of the West Virginia Investment Management Board, will keep his job after all. The board, which manages $6.5 billion in pensions and state operating money, yesterday voted to retain Mr. Slaughter in the job. Trustees made the decision at a special meeting after Administration Secretary Joe Markus accepted but then backed down from taking the job due to a potential conflict of interest over the state’s sale of pension obligation bonds.