By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Still surrounded by uncertainty from the state’s budget and despite the cuts proposed earlier in the year, the Educational Broadcasting Authority reported Wednesday that it currently is in good financial standing for this year. Compared to last year, state appropriations for the[Read More…]
Month: June 2017
Morrisey talks substance abuse in W.Va., may run against Manchin
By CONOR GRIFFITH The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey aims to enlist the Mountain State’s religious communities in the fight against substance abuse. Recently, the attorney general unveiled the “Combatting Addiction with Grace” initiative, which seeks to bring in religious leaders to act in[Read More…]
Gazette editorial: Trump’s WV bait and switch
Charleston Gazette editorial Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says West Virginia suffered a political hatchet-job. The state voted overwhelmingly for Republican Donald Trump, and now Trump wants to slash the U.S. safety net that saves the Mountain State from poverty. He wrote on May 26: “So many of the people[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Highest possible level of funding for black lung clinics should be approved
Times West Virginian editorial The nation’s coal miners suffering from black lung disease need the best care possible. An effort is underway to help ensure that goal is met — that those suffering from the disease get the medical care they need and the essential benefits they have earned. Black[Read More…]
NAACP leaders allege racial slur in county employee incident
By TIM COOK The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Two representatives of the Jefferson County chapter of the NAACP charged recently that county officials have responded too slowly and insufficiently to racial slurs allegedly uttered repeatedly in the workplace by a white county manager toward a black subordinate. James Tolbert,[Read More…]
Media Advisory: U.S. Rep. Jenkins set conference call today on Green Bank Observatory, flood recovery, Comey hearing
WASHINGTON – At 3 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, June 8, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) will hold a conference with West Virginia reporters to discuss several important issues: Wednesday’s House Appropriations Committee subcommittee hearing, where National Science Foundation Director France Cordova said the national security committee represents a potential partner with[Read More…]
Journalists: Are you attending New Story 2017?
Time to RSVP for event at WVU’s Media Innovation Center, June 16-17 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia journalists are invited to New Story 2017 — a free, two-day festival of workshops, screenings and demos about media, communications, tech, arts and entrepreneurship in Appalachia. Organized by the West Virginia Community Development Hub and hosted by[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, June 8
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 8, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. IT’S COMEY TESTIMONY DAY The fired FBI director will recount conversations with Trump that he[Read More…]
West Virginia raises revenue projections
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling New-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Budget talks continued quietly behind closed doors at the State Capitol in Charleston on Tuesday as lawmakers learned West Virginia’s projected deficit for next year may now be $170 million less than they were initially informed. The office of[Read More…]
Revenue spike brings hope to WV budget talks
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As West Virginia’s legislative budget impasse stretched into its 34th day, with 24 days left before a partial state government shutdown, the Justice administration saw a glimmer of hope Tuesday as May’s revenue collection of $350.39 million came in 20 percent above[Read More…]