By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain of Elkins CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Though only days into the 2018 session, the West Virginia Legislature got the ball rolling last week with representatives from across the state proposing bills and making motions, including a particularly strange one. Delegate Phil Isner, D-Randolph, said the first[Read More…]
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Southern West Virginia businesses owners express mixed feelings over possible tax of online sales
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The U.S.Supreme Court ruled Friday it will place under consideration whether businesses will be required to collect sales taxes on all online sales, leaving two local business owners with different feelings on the matter. Justices ruled they would hear appeals from 36[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers hope to pass sex abuse laws
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers at the helm of a task force hoping to combat the sexual abuse of children heard recommendations earlier this week on how the goal will become reachable. The Joint Committee on Education reviewed and heard presentations Jan. 9 from the[Read More…]
Republican majority hopes for smooth sailing during West Virginia legislative session
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON — With Republicans controlling the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates and a recently converted Republican governor, legislative leaders are hoping the 2018 legislative session will be smoother and less divisive than in the past several years. “For the first time in three[Read More…]
West Virginia auditor makes transparency push
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — State Auditor John B. McCuskey has announced partnership with his office and the administrators, and members of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, to include posting of all the Court’s spending data on the State Auditor’s Office “OpenGov” transparency[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Northern panhandle jobless rates have improved
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — As the Upper Ohio Valley waits to learn whether a $6 billion Belmont County ethane cracker will bring hundreds of permanent jobs, officials at West Virginia Northern College are training students to work in a wide range of petroleum technology[Read More…]
Higher ed group focus on Southern West Virginia
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ten higher education institutions across West Virginia recently formed an alliance to promote the economic development of communities across the state’s southern coalfields. Dubbed the Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia, the group hopes to improve the economy of a[Read More…]
West Virginia colleges to gain more funds in July
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has no plans to immediately replenish the funds taken from higher education budgets over the past few years, some institutions will still see some more money in their coffers come July, thanks to actions from the Legislature[Read More…]
West Virginia University College of Business and Economics expands entrepreneurial initiatives with addition of in-house business coach
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University College of Business and Economics has strengthened its commitment to entrepreneurship by adding a business coach in the BrickStreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Deborah Magyar is the new West Virginia Small Business Development Center business coach at B&E, an addition[Read More…]
West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research director says some reason for optimism in state economy
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The director of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research said there is some reason for optimism with some growth in West Virginia’s economy. However, there are still challenges ahead for the Mountain State to overcome. In Wednesday’s state of[Read More…]
