Editorial and advertising packets emailed and linked below CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association’s 2017 Newspaper Contest entry packets for editorial and advertising are available and the contest website is open for entries. Every August, the West Virginia Press Association sponsors a statewide convention for newspaper staff members around the state. Benefits include professional[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
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Trump signs bill repealing Obama-era Stream Protection Rule
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia and Virginia lawmakers were on hand Thursday when President Donald Trump signed a document which disapproves the Stream Protection Rule, a Department of the Interior rule which opponents said adversely impacted the coal industry. President Trump signed H.J. Res. 38,[Read More…]
W.Va. Whistle-Blower Law gets support from House; heads to Senate
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation designed to improve the protections to whistle-blowers in government agencies has passed the House unanimously and is now scheduled to go before the Senate, a local lawmaker said Thursday. Delegate John Shott, R-Mercer, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is the[Read More…]
Bill would change age to buy tobacco products to 21
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — A Senate committee advanced a bill that would change the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old. Senate Bill 37, would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. Hawaii and California have done[Read More…]
House health committee holds off on selling long-term care hospital
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates committee on health and human resources held off advancing a bill that would authorize the sale of one of the state’s four long-term behavioral health care facilities while they wait to see what[Read More…]
Bill introduced to drop Common Core in West Virginia
By JOSELYN KING The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — A Hancock County delegate has reintroduced a bill to eliminate Common Core education standards in West Virginia. Delegate Pat McGeehan, a Republican from the Northern Panhandle county, said the state’s way to educate students is “confused and convoluted” and taxpayers should[Read More…]
House committee approves campaign fund bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Feb. 15 to require incumbent legislators to promptly disclose campaign fundraisers held during legislative sessions. As amended in committee, HB 2319 requires a legislator running for legislative office who holds a fundraiser to disclose[Read More…]
House to vote on Erin’s Law
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates will vote on a freshly revised version of HB 2099, Erin’s Law, on Feb. 17. The bill updates 2010’s Erin’s Law — named for Fairmont resident and WVU nursing student Erin Keener, who was killed in a[Read More…]
Tax change, school bills introduced in Legislature
The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills introduced Feb.16. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 335, to prospectively repeal the consumer sales and service tax, the use tax and the personal income tax, to enact the general consumption tax law and the temporary single rate[Read More…]
