The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills introduced on Feb. 13. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 268, would require counties to maintain an online directory of information now optional, such as county official contact information, ordinances, meeting minutes, meeting dates. Would also require Class[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
Educators say raise could improve W.Va.
By JANET METZNER The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed 2-percent raise for classroom teachers may help keep West Virginia’s current teachers in the state, but some educators say it may not be enough to make the state competitive in recruiting. “It’s a place to start,” said[Read More…]
Bill advancing that would eliminate WV Courtesy Patrol
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature is again considering a bill that would eliminate the state’s Courtesy Patrol. Members of the House of Delegates Road and Transportation Committee voted Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 to send a bill that would eliminate the roadside assistance[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate set to repeal outdated medical provisions
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate are moving four different bills that would repeal medical provisions in obsolete sections of state code. The bills passed through first reading Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 and are expected to reach a floor vote later[Read More…]
Lawmaker pushing bill to make opioid overdose reversal drug available in schools
By WENDY HOLDREN Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, is working again this Legislative session to get the opioid overdose reversal drug, Naloxone, into schools across the state. Stollings said some might argue the bill, SB-36, is moot because naloxone can now be purchased without a[Read More…]
Century Aluminum agrees to retiree health benefits settlement
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — An agreement to cover health care benefits has been a long time coming for Karen Gorrell and retirees of the closed Century Aluminum in Ravenswood. Almost six years to the day, on Feb. 19, 2011, Gorrell organized a meeting[Read More…]
Showing support: Residents rally to stand behind former chief
By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — About two dozen community members gathered at Elkins City Hall Monday afternoon for a rally supporting former Elkins Police Chief Craig Cross and law enforcement as a whole. Cross resigned from the department on Feb. 6, just days before a memo he[Read More…]
West Virginia DEP won’t monitor light, sound pollution at compressor sites
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register VALLEY GROVE, W.Va. — Excessive light and sound may not pose the health threat that carcinogenic benzene and formaldehyde originating from a natural gas compressor can, but those living in the vicinity of such a station may find it difficult to get a good[Read More…]
Pew Trust: WV ‘tremendous turnaround story’ for pensions
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Researchers from the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation called West Virginia’s public employee pension funds a “tremendous turnaround story,” going from the nation’s worst-funded pensions as recently as 2000 to being the 20th best-funded plans in 2015. “We have to point to West Virginia[Read More…]
Localizing education
The Journal editorial West Virginia needs “gigantic education reform,” Gov. Jim Justice proclaimed Wednesday. Few would argue with that. But precisely what does the governor have in mind? He provided few details during his State of the State speech. What he did say seems like a good start, but no more[Read More…]
