Staff reports The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Actions taken by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice on Tuesday in regard to lighting the emergency lantern on the top of the Capitol dome for the duration of the budget crisis has rubbed the Republican leadership the wrong way. The light[Read More…]
Month: March 2017
Oil, gas jobs rally draws 1,000 to Charleston
Staff reports The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Jobs and Energy Rally promoting jobs in the oil and natural gas industry drew the governor and legislative leaders Tuesday morning to the steps of the Capitol. Oil and gas workers and advocates were at the rally attended[Read More…]
Justice says government shutdown possible
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says he is willing to shut down state government if that’s what it takes to reach a budget deal with Republican leadership in the state Senate and House of Delegates. “You’ve got a bunch of Republicans[Read More…]
Justice terms leadership’s budget framework ‘cowardly’
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Saying the state has a “health emergency at its fingertips,” Gov. Jim Justice called for switching on the State of Emergency light on top of the Capitol dome because of proposed reductions under legislative leadership’s budget framework. Justice called a press conference[Read More…]
Debate over West Virginia tax reform continues in Charleston
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A trade group in West Virginia also believes a tax reform bill will drive customers across borders while a sponsor says counties in states without an income tax outperform their cross-state neighbors. West Virginia Senate Bill 335 creates an[Read More…]
Hundreds rally for oil and gas jobs in Charleston
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several hundred oil and gas industry executives, workers and supporters met in Charleston on Tuesday, March 21, for a rally on the steps of the state Capitol. “The work that you do should be celebrated,” said Maribeth Anderson, president of the[Read More…]
WVU, Marshall ask legislators to not cut higher ed funding
By CYNTHIA McCLOUD The State Journal The presidents of West Virginia’s largest state-supported universities asked legislators Tuesday not to cut higher education funding when balancing the state’s budget. In a joint statement, Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert and West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said the schools would be forced[Read More…]
WV lawmakers agree to compromise on adolescent abortion bill
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three lawmakers have agreed to a compromise on a bill that would place new restrictions on adolescent abortions in West Virginia. During a House of Delegates Committee on the Judiciary subcommittee meeting Tuesday, Delegates Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, Amy Summers, R-Taylor, and[Read More…]
Legislature hosts Monongalia and Preston County Day
By KATHY PLUM The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was Monongalia and Preston County Day at the state legislature March 21, and residents spent the day expressing thoughts on how state government can help the counties. The day began with the smell of Preston County wafting through the Capitol,[Read More…]
WV Senate finance committee advances some of governor’s initiatives
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One portion of Gov. Jim Justice’s $2.7 billion highways construction bonds plan advanced from Senate Finance Committee to the full Senate Tuesday. The committee advanced Justice’s legislation to raise the excise tax on gasoline by 4.5 cents a gallon to 25 cents,[Read More…]
