This Around The Rotunda schedule is provided with support of West Virginians for Better Transportation: 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: Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 22:[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
Opinion: Political tensions mounting at Legislature
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tensions between the Justice administration and the Republican-controlled Legislature escalated last week, when Gov. Jim Justice blamed legislative leadership for the latest downgrade of West Virginia’s bond ratings. “This just tears at my guts. It’s the very reason[Read More…]
Antero and Veolia donate nearly $73,000 to improve Hughes River water monitoring
The Exponent Telegram Staff BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Antero Resources and its partner in the Antero Clearwater advanced treatment facility, Veolia Water Technologies, donated $72,640 to the Hughes River Water Board on Friday to fund the purchase, operation and maintenance of a new monitoring system at its Ritchie County water intake[Read More…]
W.Va. Gov. Justice’s feud with Senate Majority Leader Ferns reaches new level
Governor refers to self as ‘grizzly bear,’ Ferns as ‘poodle’ By IAN HICKS CITY EDITOR The Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s feud with legislative leaders over how to solve the state’s budget crisis took a bizarre turn Friday with Justice comparing himself to a “grizzly bear” and[Read More…]
Editorial: States with income taxes are more prosperous
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Traditionally, conservatives try to shift the tax burden off the wealthy onto less-prosperous families. It’s called “reverse Robin Hood,” taking from the poor to give to the rich. The Legislature’s current proposal to replace West Virginia’s personal income tax with higher sales taxes would serve that[Read More…]
Editorial: Time to change road we’re on
From The Dominion Post of Morgantown: Did you know it took three times the number of miners in 1959 to produce the same amount of coal in West Virginia in 2014. That’s right. In 1959, it took 52,352 miners to produce 117,770,002 million tons of coal. In 2014, it[Read More…]
Editorial: Tax exemptions should stay right where they are
From The Register-Herald of Beckeley: My goodness, this legislature and our governor can’t seem to keep their sticky little fingers out of the pockets of working class West Virginians. To say the least, it’s getting a little uncomfortable — and unseemly – with so many busy hands grabbing whatever nickels[Read More…]
Editorial: Some W.Va. programs must get the ax
From The Journal of Martinsburg: Hard choices will be needed to balance West Virginia’s budget for the coming year. Some legislators already have made one: They want to eliminate the Courtesy Patrol program. It provides regular patrols of a few highways, primarily interstates, by personnel equipped to help motorists whose[Read More…]
Attorney General advises W.Va. schools on transgender policy change
JENNIFER R. YOUNG The Journal of Martinsburg [email protected] MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — In the wake of President Trump’s change on transgender policy in schools, West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey sent out a letter to state and county education officials Friday to explain the policy changes. President Trump revoked the Obama-era[Read More…]
Governor seeks OK to furlough WV employees in budget crisis
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he will ask lawmakers to let him force state employees to take unpaid days off in response to the West Virginia budget crisis. In a news release issued Thursday afternoon, Justice said the authority to furlough[Read More…]
