By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although a bill to sell Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley failed in the just concluded legislative session, Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch doesn’t believe the issue is dead. Crouch told The Register-Herald Monday that he will ask Gov. Jim[Read More…]
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10 things to know: April 11, 2017
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TILLERSON WARNS RUSSIA ON ASSAD ALLIANCE The U.S. secretary of state tells Moscow to side[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: A note of thanks and appreciation
By Don Smith Executive Director West Virginia Press Association The West Virginia Press Association hopes you have found the daily “Around the Rotunda,” “Statewide Coverage” and the “WVPA Today’s News” helpful during the 2017 Legislative Session. Our effort focused on giving daily insight into the daily schedule, activity and legislation at the[Read More…]
Legislative session highlights: Lawmakers approve wide range of bills
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature approved measures in this year’s session ranging from expanding broadband services to the Second Chance for Employment Act. According to the West Virginia Legislature’s website, both chambers passed 262 bills — 132 House bills and 130 Senate bills. A majority[Read More…]
BUDGET BATTLE: Legislature completes budget just after midnight, but not what Justice envisioned
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature bucked tradition and adopted a budget without the need for an extended special session, but one is likely to come anyway. Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, says a special session will be needed, possibly this week, to[Read More…]
No budget deal, but Justice hopeful as regular session ends
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Time ran out on the 2017 regular session without passage of a budget bill, but with a one-day extension Sunday for the Legislature to attempt to work out what Gov. Jim Justice indicated earlier Saturday night could be a blockbuster compromise. That[Read More…]
After passing budget bill, showdown looms in West Virginia Legislature
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Early Sunday morning the West Virginia House of Delegates passed the state’s 2018 spending bill — setting the stage for a probable budgetary fight with Gov. Jim Justice and a special legislative session in the coming days. House[Read More…]
Legislature sends several big measures to Justice for action
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 2017 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature may be remembered as the year the Mountain State approved medical marijuana. From an idea that had no chance of passage at the beginning of the 60-day legislative session, the medical use of marijuana[Read More…]
Budget deal clouds end of legislative session
BY LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature went out with more than just the bang of the gavel Saturday night. When lawmakers in the GOP-led Senate and House of Delegates passed a budget for fiscal year 2018 through House Bill 2018, at 11:44 p.m. Saturday and[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley lawmakers talk West Virginia budget, say Justice veto is likely
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the West Virginia Legislature worked to pass a budget bill early Sunday morning, local lawmakers have doubts the governor will end up signing that bill into law. The Senate passed a version of the $4.1 billion budget in[Read More…]