By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice introduced a 2018 budget bill and six pieces of legislation to the ongoing special session Tuesday. The budget bill has been greatly anticipated as the House and Senate modified and contemplated a revenue bill for the first eight days[Read More…]
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Legislative movement expected soon on revenue, roads bills
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate’s committee on finance passed an amended version of a House of Delegates tax and revenue bill on Tuesday, May 23 that would raise the state sales tax from 6 percent to 7.25 percent and would[Read More…]
WV groups hope study leads to end of mountaintop removal mining
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail LOGAN, W.Va. — West Virginia environmental groups on Tuesday urged a National Academy of Sciences panel to look carefully at the public health impact of strip mining, saying they hope more scrutiny of the issue will lead to a ban on the practice. “We[Read More…]
Governor reintroduces legislation to sell Hopemont
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice announced that he is adding six pieces of legislation to the special session. One of the proposed pieces of legislation is a House of Delegates Bill reintroducing the sell Hopemont Hospital. The bill has been[Read More…]
WV delegation: Trump budget hurts Mountain State
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s representatives in the nation’s capital have concerns on how cuts in President Donald Trump’s newly released budget proposal for the coming year could affect West Virginians. Download PDF of Manchin on Trump budget “Look at all the categories that get hit[Read More…]
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston purchases Wheeling Jesuit University
Staff report The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Jesuit University has been purchased by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to assure the future of the only Catholic university in West Virginia. Earlier this year, WJU’s board of trustees appealed to the diocese to take action to help secure[Read More…]
Manchin reps meet with public
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Constituents have concerns, and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., believes it’s a senator’s responsibility to listen to those concerns. In an effort to make government more accessible to everyone, Manchin kicked his ninth annual “Commonsense Connections” week off Monday. According to representatives,[Read More…]
Northbound turnpike lanes reopen after daylong crash, HAZMAT closure
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Northbound lanes of the West Virginia Turnpike between North Beckley and Mahan reopened about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday following a daylong closure caused by a hazardous material spill from an overturned tractor-trailer. The truck, transporting industrial-sized batteries, overturned in the northbound lanes near Mahan between 2[Read More…]
Morrisey discusses drug addiction issues during visit to Brooke County
By WARREN SCOTT The Weirton Daily Times WELLSBURG, W.Va. — While meeting Monday with representatives of area schools and community agencies, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said a segment of the youth population that could be prone to drug addiction isn’t one they might have expected. Morrisey visited Brooke Hills[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, May 24
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. BRITAIN STEPS UP MILITARY PATROLS; PROBES ATTACKER’S LIBYA TIES British authorities work to piece together[Read More…]