Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette-Mail won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting on Monday for his coverage of the opioid crisis in small-town West Virginia. The Pulitzer judges said Eyre won the prize “for courageous reporting, performed in the face of powerful opposition, to[Read More…]
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The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism
The following is the list of 2017 Pulitzer Prizes winners for journalism. The listing includes category, winner, and finalists. JOURNALISM Public Service New York Daily News and ProPublica For uncovering, primarily through the work of reporter Sarah Ryley, widespread abuse of eviction rules by the police to oust hundreds of[Read More…]
Justice has the next move on budget
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON – While staff at the West Virginia Capitol complete the legwork and paperwork of transferring bills from the West Virginia Legislature to Gov. Jim Justice’s desk, House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead was calling on the governor to approve the budget approved by the[Read More…]
State budget still ‘up in the air,’ but deep education cuts seem less likely
By KAILEE E. GALLAHAN The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — While the West Virginia Legislature completed this year’s regular session Saturday, lawmakers will return to a special session when they have to come to an agreement on a budget for the state. And as part of that, school funding is[Read More…]
West Virginia budget wouldn’t take effect until a week into fiscal year
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If it isn’t vetoed, West Virginia’s state budget bill passed early Sunday wouldn’t go into effect until July 8 — leaving the state without financial direction for the first week of the upcoming fiscal year. Lawmakers already expect Gov.[Read More…]
Senate leadership hopes governor will sign off on budget bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House and Senate leadership have expressed the hope the governor will not veto the budget bill passed the last day of the legislative session. Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said he does anticipate a veto and said if that happens, leadership won’t[Read More…]
WV legislators, governor still working on budget pact
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a budget bill that Gov. Jim Justice has said he plans to veto after it reaches his desk, the Governor’s Office resumed talks Monday with legislative leaders to smooth over indignations and try to come up with a budget plan the[Read More…]
Brooke Board, BDC team up to find new use for surplus school buildings
Staff reports The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle is teaming with the Brooke County Board of Education to repurpose school buildings in Follansbee and Wellsburg that won’t be needed once their new, consolidated middle school is up and running. The board, which[Read More…]
Active SWV head named one of Generation Next top 40 Under 40
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A Fayetteville native with a focus on getting southern West Virginia active has been named one of the 2017 Generation Next 40 Under 40, an annual award recognizing the accomplishments of the state’s young professionals. Melanie Seiler Hames is in a position[Read More…]
Legislators name roads, bridges for prominent residents
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Every session, legislators introduce resolutions to name roads and bridges in memory or in honor of prominent residents. Some succeed, some don’t. Naming resolutions are always concurrent resolutions, which means both houses have to approve them. Those that pass don’t automatically[Read More…]
