By AUSTIN WEIFORD The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Protect West Virginia coalition held a conference in Charleston Wednesday to highlight the effects of state budget cuts on state residents. Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, noted that polling data show nearly[Read More…]
Month: January 2017
Gov. Tomblin reflective in farewell address
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 35th governor used his last address to the citizens of West Virginia Wednesday to end his 42-year-long career in state government on notes of commonality and reflection while spending portions of his speech talking about balancing the state’s budget and fighting[Read More…]
WV AG Morrisey files lawsuit against paving companies
By ELAINA SAUBER and KATE WHITE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office on Wednesday became the latest to file a lawsuit against paving and asphalt companies accused of pushing out competition and making room for inflated prices. “This is collusion, plain and simple,” Morrisey[Read More…]
Judge: EPA must identify coal job losses
By CASEY JUNKINS The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — The Environmental Protection Agency has until July 1 to determine whether actions taken since President Barack Obama took office directly resulted in coal industry job losses, according to an order U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey issued Wednesday. With mere[Read More…]
Natural gas industry preps to meet demand
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register WHEELING, W.Va. — By 2040, global energy demand should increase by about 25 percent — which is roughly equivalent to the total energy used today in North America and Latin America — according to natural gas industry leaders. However, officials with Exxon Mobil[Read More…]
ACA repeal could be detrimental to fight against opioid epidemic in WV
By WENDRY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Progress made in the battle against the opioid epidemic in West Virginia be dealt a devastating blow if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. A new study shows if the ACA is repealed, more than 214,000 West Virginians suffering from addiction or mental illness[Read More…]
10 things to know today: Thursday, Jan. 12
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. COMBATIVE TRUMP MEETS PRESS The freewheeling spectacle in the marbled lobby of Trump’s[Read More…]
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin gives farewell address
Release from the Office of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin: CHARLESTON, W.VA. (January 11, 2017) – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today delivered his farewell address to the West Virginia Legislature in the House Chamber at the State Capitol Complex after serving six years as governor and a total of 42 years in[Read More…]
See opening of W. Va. 83rd Legislative Session and Gov. Tomblin’s final address here
Session opens at noon; Gov. Tomblin to speak at 2 p.m. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA and its member newspapers – with the cooperation of West Virginia Public Broadcasting – is providing a live feed from the opening of the 2017 West Virginia 83rd Legislative Session and the Gov. Earl Ray[Read More…]
WV Gov. Tomblin’s farewell address to be ‘victory lap’
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin gives his farewell address to a joint session of the West Virginia Legislature this afternoon, he will be reflecting on not only the past 6½ years as governor, but 42 years in state government. “It’s going to[Read More…]
