The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 18, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TOURISTS NOW QUESTIONING INVISIBLE ATTACKS IN CUBA Chris Allen, visiting Havana from South Carolina, tells[Read More…]
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Special session on road wraps up with drama on military pensions bill
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a slow start Monday, West Virginia legislators got into gear Tuesday and completed work on a brief special session agenda, passing legislation intended to help facilitate building highways after passage earlier this month of a $1.6 billion road bond referendum. The[Read More…]
Legislature passes tax credit increase
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A $1 million investment in the restoration of a historic building in Wheeling now can net a developer a $450,000 tax credit after an act by the West Virginia Legislature on Tuesday. State lawmakers ended a special session of[Read More…]
House, Senate passes bill exempting military retirement from personal income tax
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Both chambers passed a bill Tuesday that exempts military retirement from personal income tax. Lawmakers passed House Bill 201 in its Tuesday’s floor session. After a lengthy debate in the House of Delegates, the House overwhelmingly voted to pass the bill. Delegates[Read More…]
WV lawmakers hear proposals for elected state school board
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers heard Tuesday about general proposals to allow voters to elect state Board of Education members and allow lawmakers themselves to reject and amend policies that the state school board passes. The hour-and-a-half legislative interim meeting came after the House[Read More…]
ACA still law; navigators ready to help
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Affordable Care Act is not dead. Jeremy Smith, of WV NaviCare, works with three other full-time people, and two other part-time people, ready to help people sign up for health insurance when open enrollment begins Nov. 1. In fact, First Choice[Read More…]
WV struggles with increase in foster children
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 6,100 children are in the West Virginia foster care system as of October and the number keeps growing, according to the acting Bureau for Children and Families commissioner Linda Watts. Watts spoke Tuesday morning to the Joint Commission of Children and[Read More…]
Manchin: Choose ‘non beltway’ DEA head
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., suggested that the nation’s next Drug Enforcement Agency “drug czar” should have a medical background, know someone who has been addicted and be from outside the Washington, D.C., beltway, during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday afternoon. Rep.[Read More…]
Grow Ohio Valley helping people eat, feel healthier
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WHEELING, W.Va. — Sam Amberg says it’s never too late to learn good food habits. Amberg is part of Grow Ohio Valley, a non-profit focused on improving food security in the Ohio Valley. That means making sure even the poorest residents “know where their[Read More…]
New U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia William Powell to tackle drug issue
By JESSICA BROVERMAN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Now that William Powell has taken the oath of office as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, he is prepared to take on drug-related obstacles facing the state. “I represent all of the district. I[Read More…]
