By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would slash salaries of board members who oversee a state agency that handles financing for water and sewer projects in West Virginia. The House Government Organization Committee voted unanimously to drop Water Development Authority members[Read More…]
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Delegate tries to amend municipal traffic control bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegate Rodney Pyles, D-Monongalia, stirred some debate on the House floor March 30 with an attempt to amend his municipal traffic control bill into a Senate traffic bill. The bill Pyles attempted to amend is SB 164. It increases the length[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, March 31
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 31, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MICHAEL FLYNN SEEKS IMMUNITY IN RUSSIA PROBE “General Flynn certainly has a story to[Read More…]
Editorial: Keep public notices in media
From the Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, Fla.: By Dominic M. Calabro and Pat Neal Guest Columnists The cornerstone of our constitutional democratic republic is protecting citizens’ right to full and public notice when their elected officials are discussing or making decisions that could affect the taxpayers’ daily lives. As a nonpartisan[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media to host social justice reporting project
Day of training set for WVU Innovation Center on April 28 This free and open workshop – April 28 from 8:45 a.m. until 5 p.m. – takes participants behind the scenes of an innovative investigative reporting project with hands-on training in audience engagement, community data sourcing, and use of social media video by[Read More…]
WV Treasurer warns of scam with unclaimed property calls from Boston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer John Perdue is urging residents not to cooperate with anyone purporting to represent the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators in Boston. NAUPA is an arm of the National Association of State Treasurers, with headquarters in Lexington, Ky. The national treasurers’ group also maintains an Office of Federal Relations in Washington, D.C.[Read More…]
House substance abuse bills now before Senate
By Lexi Browning For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Efforts to curb the statewide substance abuse epidemic took precedence in the House chamber Wednesday as both House Bills 2428 and 2195 were passed onto the Senate with unanimous support. H.B. 2428, lead-sponsored by Delegate John Kelly, R-Wood,[Read More…]
WV House bill shelved, may amend Senate tax reform bill
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Proposals to lower state income taxes, making up some of the lost revenue with broader — and in one case, higher — sales taxes remain alive for the final 10 days of the regular session after the West Virginia Senate passed its[Read More…]
WV Senate passes medical marijuana bill to House
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would permit marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes in West Virginia. Senate Bill 386, sponsored by Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan, would create the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Commission, a group of[Read More…]
Schools risk funding loss with new bill
Staff reports The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A local Senate bill could have a big impact on local schools, the county’s top school adminstrator warned at the Community Leadership meeting on March 29. Monongalia County School Superintendent Frank Devono said the state’s Senate passed a bill – SB 609[Read More…]
