By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature will gavel in the first day of its 60-day regular session Wednesday with education and tax reform legislation already taking shape. Gov. Jim Justice is scheduled to deliver his second state-of-the-state address in the evening. The speech, the[Read More…]
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$151M water crisis settlement moves closer to final court approval
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four years to the day after the Freedom Industries chemical spill, a landmark $151 million class-action settlement over the regional water crisis that followed the spill moved one step closer to final court approval during a hearing Tuesday morning in Charleston.[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice ‘excited’ as West Virginia’s 60-Day legislative session set to begin
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is set to give his State of the State address today as the Legislature begins its 60-day regular session in Charleston. Justice will address a joint session of the Legislature beginning at 7 p.m.[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice set to deliver second State of the State address
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eleven months after giving an unconventional State of the State address, which consisted of an unscripted 52-minute talk complete with a whiteboard and references to Frankenstein’s monster, Gov. Jim Justice is set for an encore tonight at 7. Last year, the then-freshman[Read More…]
Teacher salaries, vouchers, accountability on the minds of West Virginia Legislators
Editor’s Note This story is the second of a four-part series previewing the 2018 West Virginia legislative session. By CARTER WALKER Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Legislators and industry professionals gathered last Friday to discuss what legislation impacting education was likely to appear in the 2018 session.[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers ready with bill to rein in state vehicle fleet
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media/The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers have prepared a bill intended to rein in the state’s ponderous fleet of state-owned cars. Members of the House and Senate Joint Committees on Government Organization and Government Operations voted to send the bill to the Legislature[Read More…]
Greenbrier County delegate offers a glimpse of West Virginia legislative priorities
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.VA. — Saying he expects the 2018 session of the West Virginia Legislature to be “very robust,” Delegate George “Boogie” Ambler, R-Greenbrier, provided constituents with a glimpse behind the curtain Tuesday. Addressing the Greenbrier County Commission and a packed meeting room, Ambler said he[Read More…]
Draft bill would terminate West Virginia Board of Funeral Examiners
By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail Legislators plan to introduce in the upcoming session a bill that would terminate the West Virginia Board of Funeral Examiners and transfer all of its powers and duties to the secretary of state. The bill is a response to a September 2017 audit conducted by[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Capito, other lawmakers, oppose Sessions’ move on marijuana
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN and ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says “we need to respect states’ rights here,” when it comes to marijuana, putting her at odds with the U.S. attorney general. “I’m going to go on the record as saying I’m against recreational marijuana,[Read More…]
New River’s “The Dries” set for nine release dates in West Virginia
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — After a relicensing of Hawks Nest Hydro, the New River Dries are set to receive nine scheduled release dates in the coming spring and summer. Once a schedule is locked down, those six-hour releases will take place on two weekend days in[Read More…]