From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: All good things come to those who wait, it has been said. Well, if that bears out for the Ohio Valley, we are really going to be pleased with the proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County. If it is built. PTT Global Chemical America proposed[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
Editorial: Balance required between aiding business, enforcing rules
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: Among many topics he covered in his first State of the State speech, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice emphasized his vision for boosting the state’s ailing economy. One of his points was that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection would have a change of attitude,[Read More…]
Editorial: Taxing advertising is bad idea
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Gov. Jim Justice in his State of the State address presented to the Legislature a budget proposal that called for $450 million in tax increases (euphemistically referred to as revenue enhancements) and just $30 million in state budget cuts — or expense reductions —[Read More…]
Editorial: Paying price for assault on coal
From the Wheeling News-Register: Between 2011 and last year, the United States lost enough coal-fired electric generating capacity to serve about 47 million homes, we reported last weekend. What has that meant to the millions of families who have lost access to low-cost electricity generated with coal? Money. Monthly electric[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Feb. 7
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. PAKISTANIS QUESTION SECURITY AFTER SHRINE BLAST A day after a suicide bombing by the[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17 W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: [Read More…]
‘Ryan Brown’ addiction bill passed to House Finance
Legislation to assist recovering addicts named for West Virginia youth who succumbed to drugs By Lexi Browning For The West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse passed legislation Thursday afternoon that could allow citizens to lobby private organizations for additional funding[Read More…]
Freshman Delegate Evans works for district priorities
McDowell delegate on losing side of Courtesy Patrol committee vote By Lexi Browning For The West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For freshman Delegate Ed Evans, D-McDowell, the first two weeks of this year’s legislative session have been a learning process. Evans, who retired from the education system after 35[Read More…]
Justice: Plan will give the state life
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is urging residents to call legislators and ask them to support his budget proposal, saying if his plan is not adopted, the state will die. In his approximately three-minute long video released Wednesday, Justice once again compared the state’s[Read More…]
Justice’s budget includes $8M for WV Capitol dome repair
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s 2017-18 West Virginia budget plan includes proposed tax increases and spending cuts, but few new appropriations. It’s notable, then, that the proposed budget includes an $8 million appropriation for repairs to the Capitol dome. “We’ve had a water leak,[Read More…]
