By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A controversial bill that could allow more toxic chemicals to be discharged into West Virginia’s rivers and streams cleared another hurdle Wednesday night, on its way to giving business and industry lobbyists a long-sought change in state water pollution rules. Members[Read More…]
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Senate Judiciary Committee passes bill on water quality
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several hours of testimony for and against the water quality bill opponents have dubbed the “Cancer Creek Bill” before approving it and sending it to the Senate floor. While a Department of Environmental Protection official defended the[Read More…]
House Education Committee passes governor’s K-12 bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail After about four hours of discussion, questions and amendments, the West Virginia House Education Committee passed at 11 p.m. Wednesday Gov. Jim Justice’s wide-ranging K-12 education bill. Wednesday was the first appearance of the bill in a legislative committee. It now heads to the House[Read More…]
Legislators take Justice to task for lighting emergency lantern
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegates and senators criticized Gov. Jim Justice’s lighting the State of Emergency lantern on top of the Capitol dome Wednesday, calling it a political ploy and disrespectful to victims of last summer’s floods. The governor ordered the lantern lit Tuesday to highlight[Read More…]
House bill puts settlement money in general revenue
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill was introduced last week in the West Virginia House of Delegates which would require the Attorney General to put settlement money and recovered funds into the state’s general revenue fund. House Bill 3062, sponsored by Delegate John Shott, R-Mercer, establishes[Read More…]
Citizens talk broadband, other issues with Justice
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — While legislators stayed in session in Charleston, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continued his statewide tour talking to West Virginians during a town hall event in Huntington on Wednesday. Within the span of an hour Wednesday evening, Justice answered questions about everything from[Read More…]
Justice: Cuts to higher education “destructive”
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herarld CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after switching on the State of Emergency lantern to highlight proposed reductions under legislative leadership’s budget framework, Gov. Jim Justice said proposed cuts to higher education could be “destructive.” In a Wednesday news release, Justice said the proposed framework means[Read More…]
Bill eliminating Regional Education Service Agencies in West Virginia advances
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — School districts in West Virginia would get an extra year to form cooperative agreements for services presently provided by the state’s eight regional service education agencies under legislation now on its way to the House Finance Committee. House Education[Read More…]
WV House votes to push for daily Amtrak service
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to promote daily service for the Amtrak Cardinal passenger train passed the House of Delegates Wednesday on a 95-5 vote (HB2856), with advocates saying it would benefit tourism and economic development in southern West Virginia. “It’s going to be a wonderful[Read More…]
Bill to lessen power of HEPC advances in WV House
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s bill to restructure how colleges and universities across the state are governed was approved with a voice vote Wednesday afternoon by the House of Delegates’ Education Committee. House Bill 2815, which was forwarded to the House Judiciary Committee, would[Read More…]
