By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday voted to make some changes to a bill that would allow teachers and school staff who are certified to carry and administer opioid antagonists in school facilities if they so choose. The 100[Read More…]
Month: March 2017
Photo finish on Greyhound Breeders’ Fund in West Virginia Legislature: Local delegates not sure of fate of the bill
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING — A bill to eliminate the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund is set for a possible third reading and vote in the House of Delegates today, but there is a dead heat to the finish as a close vote is[Read More…]
Vote to cut funding for greyhound racing looms in WV House
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A vote Friday in the House of Delegates could mark the end of greyhound racing in the state, but supporters of the industry appear ready to go out with a fight. Legislation to eliminate some $15 million a year of state subsidies[Read More…]
Legislature sweeping more revenue accounts
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature continues to sweep state revenue accounts looking for money to help plug an estimated $450 million deficit in the upcoming state budget. On Thursday, March 30, the House of Delegates approved Senate Bill 362, which would transfer[Read More…]
WV Senate passes school tax increase bill; local school officials are concerned
BY KAILEE E. GALLAHAN The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Area school officials are concerned that a bill passed by the state Senate would devastate county school systems, programs, personnel and budgets. Senate Bill 609 would reduce state education funding by $79.3 million and automatically raise counties’ regular levy property[Read More…]
WV lawmakers target water authority board pay
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would slash salaries of board members who oversee a state agency that handles financing for water and sewer projects in West Virginia. The House Government Organization Committee voted unanimously to drop Water Development Authority members[Read More…]
Delegate tries to amend municipal traffic control bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegate Rodney Pyles, D-Monongalia, stirred some debate on the House floor March 30 with an attempt to amend his municipal traffic control bill into a Senate traffic bill. The bill Pyles attempted to amend is SB 164. It increases the length[Read More…]
Capito, Manchin urge funding for Appalachian Regional Commission
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Ten U.S. Senators representing six states and both political parties are urging the president to protect federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Since ARC was created in 1965, the federal-state partnership has partnered with states, localities and the business community[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, March 31
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 31, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MICHAEL FLYNN SEEKS IMMUNITY IN RUSSIA PROBE “General Flynn certainly has a story to[Read More…]
Editorial: Keep public notices in media
From the Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, Fla.: By Dominic M. Calabro and Pat Neal Guest Columnists The cornerstone of our constitutional democratic republic is protecting citizens’ right to full and public notice when their elected officials are discussing or making decisions that could affect the taxpayers’ daily lives. As a nonpartisan[Read More…]