Release from the W.Va. State Senate: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, today said the delay in implementing West Virginia’s right-to-work law continues to cost the state potentially billions of dollars in investment and thousands of jobs. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey’s stay of the West Virginia[Read More…]
Month: April 2017
Justice calls lawmakers back for May 4 budget session
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday evening he will call the West Virginia Legislature into special session on May 4 to approve the state’s 2017-18 budget plan. “I think we’re on a pathway to pass a budget that’s going to be really special,”[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court case to decide on gas and oil royalties
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Those receiving royalty checks for Marcellus and Utica shale drilling in West Virginia could see their payments drop, pending a decision by the state’s Supreme Court of Appeals. During a Wednesday meeting with mineral owners in Wheeling, West[Read More…]
Duke fracking study finds no contamination of ground water due to fracking
By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Fracking has not contaminated groundwater in Northwestern West Virginia, according to a recently released study by scientists at Duke University. “The study was able to measure a very wide range of chemical tracers in wells before and after fracking in West[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice signs bill eliminating RESAs, banning Common Core
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed a bill eliminating the current Regional Education Service Agencies and the state Office of Education Performance Audits. After Wednesday night, bills that Justice has neither signed nor vetoed will automatically become law. House Bill 2711 also[Read More…]
Justice signs broadband bill
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians will soon have more options when it comes to getting a broadband connection. Gov. Jim Justice signed into law House Bill 3093, a bill designed to incentivize competition among internet providers and expand broadband access through various methods, ranging from[Read More…]
Marshall board OKs budget plans, tuition increases
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Members of Marshall University’s Board of Governors on Wednesday passed four potential tuition and budget proposals as they waited on the West Virginia Legislature and Gov. Jim Justice to agree on one budget solution of their own. None of the approved tuition and[Read More…]
Justice signs virtual ed bill, vetoes non-public student vocational access bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed a bill allowing public school systems to offer home-schoolers and other students full-time K-12 virtual education, and vetoed legislation that would’ve let home and private school students attend public vocational education schools without being charged more[Read More…]
Justice signs industrial hemp bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that allows licensed individuals to lawfully grow hemp has been signed into law by the governor. Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill 2453 on Wednesday. The bill expands the list of people who are allowed to grow hemp to people[Read More…]
Williamson PD to particpate in National Drug Take Back Day
By COURTNEY HARRISON Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – The Williamson Police Department will participate in National Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 29 2017. On Saturday, those wishing to dispose of unused and unwanted medication may do so safely at the Williamson Police Department from the hours of 10[Read More…]
