By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to promote daily service for the Amtrak Cardinal passenger train passed the House of Delegates Wednesday on a 95-5 vote (HB2856), with advocates saying it would benefit tourism and economic development in southern West Virginia. “It’s going to be a wonderful[Read More…]
Month: March 2017
Bill to lessen power of HEPC advances in WV House
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s bill to restructure how colleges and universities across the state are governed was approved with a voice vote Wednesday afternoon by the House of Delegates’ Education Committee. House Bill 2815, which was forwarded to the House Judiciary Committee, would[Read More…]
Senate increases penalties for child abuse, House promotes Cardinal service
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate passed a bill on Wednesday, March 22 that would increase the prison sentence for child abuse by a parent or guardian that results in the death of a child. Current law puts a penalty of[Read More…]
Greyhound bill advances in Senate: Breeders fund would be eliminated
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News and Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A bill to eliminate West Virginia’s Greyhound Breeders Fund will get a vote on the Senate floor. The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced Senate Bill 437, which would discontinue the West Virginia Racing Commission’s special account[Read More…]
Lawmakers consider drug info repository
By DANYEL VANREENAN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers in Charleston generally agree that the drug epidemic across the state is a top priority, and 11 state representatives — including Delegate Eric Householder, R-Berkeley — co-sponsored a bill to create an office of drug control policy for the state, where[Read More…]
Emmaleigh’s law passed by Senate
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would increase the penalties for child abuse cases causing death. Called Emmaleigh’s Law, the measure stemmed from a case out of Jackson County in which 10-month-old Emmaleigh Barringer died of a skull fracture.[Read More…]
Senate passes Emmaleigh’s Law
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate unanimously passed Emmaleigh’s Law on March 22. It increases the penalties for child abuse causing death by a parent or guardian. And two local senators took time Wednesday to address Gov. Jim Justice’s March 21 taunts of the Legislature[Read More…]
Marshall, WVU leaders implore legislators against budget cuts
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The leaders of the two largest universities in West Virginia are calling on legislators to find a way to save funding for the state’s higher education institutions. In joint statements from Marshall University and West Virginia University, Marshall President Jerome Gilbert and WVU[Read More…]
WV drug OD deaths soared above 840 in 2016
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 840 West Virginians fatally overdosed on drugs last year — a record number — and additional deaths are expected to be added to the total in the coming weeks. Fatal overdoses related to fentanyl, an opioid that’s 100 times stronger[Read More…]
NCAA: WVU offense must be efficient against Gonzaga
By MIKE CASAZZA Charleston Gazette-Mail SAN JOSE, Calif. — That West Virginia remains in the NCAA tournament indicates the Mountaineers have neither need nor interest in changing what produced 24 regular-season wins and now four more in the postseason. Fortunately for them, the Sweet Sixteen requires WVU does very little new[Read More…]
