From the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice today signed a total of 23 bills that were passed during the recent special legislative session, all of which aim to provide better opportunities for West Virginians in various ways. Click here for a link to view the signing[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association has emailed this week’s West Virginia Financial Snapshot Graphic to the editors email list. The West Virginia Financial Snapshot Graphic os prepared weekly by the WV Press in conjunction with the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee. This week, the graphic looks This week, the graphic looks at the funding for the Education[Read More…]

By Fred Pace, The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. DUNBAR, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango says the 2019 U.S. Youth Soccer Eastern Regional Championships, set to begin Friday at the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar, Kanawha County, and the Barboursville Sports Complex in Cabell County, may be the largest[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Intermountain in Elkins, W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a new round of federal documents, attorneys for companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice claim that they don’t operate shell businesses. These same filings reveal that while vendors, local, state, and federal government entities await payment of[Read More…]

By Rebecca Carballo, The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Like many people across Kanawha County, Jaime Rodgers lost power in Monday’s tornado, but a tree fell on an electric line in his backyard, and it could be five days before a contractor can move it. As of now, Rodgers said,[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Times Daily CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three pro-business groups and a free-market think tank have filed friend of the court briefs in defense of West Virginia’s ‘right to work’ law awaiting argument before the state Supreme Court of Appeals. Two more groups also have filed[Read More…]

By Travis Crum, The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Huntington Water Quality Board has approved its 2019-20 fiscal year budget, which includes money set aside for more manpower to make repairs. It also includes cost-of-living increases for employees and payments into a revolving fund required by the[Read More…]

By JoAnn Snoderly, The Exponent Telegram in Clarksburg, W.Va. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — From climate change protests in New York to Republican state senators refusing to vote on climate change measures in Oregon to the Green New Deal, climate change continues to dominate headlines. As debates about the best way to[Read More…]