By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has signed 96 bills into law so far, including one that changes age guidelines for children to start pre-K and kindergarten and another that would increase penalties for child abuse causing injury or death. Senate Bill 186 changes the[Read More…]
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Secretary of State purges 47,000 from West Virginia voter rolls
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner has purged 47,000 outdated or ineligible voter files from the state’s voter rolls, including records of more than 1,100 felons. According to Warner’s office, election officials worked with county clerks in all 55 counties[Read More…]
Coal industry looking up, not expected to return to peak levels
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With exports poised to rebound and a coal-friendly president in the White House, things should be looking up for the coal industry. Given the right circumstances, the industry could rebound some, but it’s not likely to bounce back to where it[Read More…]
Capito talks health reform in Follansbee
By WARREN SCOTT The Weirton Daily Times FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — Healthcare reform and federal funding for local projects were among issues discussed by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., as she met with local officials, business leaders and residents at The Daily Perk coffee shop and the Follansbee City Building[Read More…]
Editorial: Adding up impact of taxes we pay
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register editorial Now that the deadline to file federal tax returns without seeking an extension has passed (on Tuesday), we can all relax and stop gritting our teeth about how much of our hard-earned income goes to Washington. Or not. Each year, the Tax Foundation think[Read More…]
Building Bridges: African-American Civil War major’s name lives on
By JEFF McCOY The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Martin Robison Delany was a physician, journalist, abolitionist major in the Union Army and newspaper publisher. He was also an African-American, and accomplished all that before, during and after the Civil War. Born free in Charles Town, Virginia — now West[Read More…]
Rick Wilson: How much poverty budgeting will WV take?
By RICK WILSON Charleston Gazette-Mail opinion column There’s been a lot of buzz lately about how the website WalletHub came up with a list of the best and worst places for millennials to live. It’s no surprise that West Virginia came out on the bottom. But, as my friend Stephen[Read More…]
Media Alert: U.S. Rep. Jenkins to hold coal seminar in Charleston on Friday
Coal and Rare Earth Elements: The Outlook for West Virginia and Central Appalachia WASHINGTON – At 9 a.m. Friday, April 21, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) will hold a seminar in Charleston, Coal and Rare Earth Elements: The Outlook for West Virginia and Central Appalachia. Rep. Jenkins will kick off[Read More…]
WVU expert: Congress Decision: Guarantee miners’ health care or pension, or both?
MORGANTOWN, W. Va.— More than 20,000 coal miners and their families are set to lose their healthcare benefits at the end of the month unless Congress acts to provide additional funding for their care. Miners were given a reprieve in December when Congress extended the United Mine Workers of America health plan, which will be[Read More…]
National distinction: Concord most difficult in the state for admittance
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph ATHENS — A national news website has distinguished Concord University as being the most difficult institution of higher learning in the state to be accepted into as a student. Businessinsider.com rankings were based on scores reported to the U.S. Department of Education. That information[Read More…]
