The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills, and one resolution, introduced on Feb. 20. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. HB 2002, to require parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors. Delegate Cindy Frich, R-Monongalia, co-sponsor. HB 2003, to create a new felony where a[Read More…]
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10 things to know today: Tuesday, Feb. 21
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP NAMES A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TO REPLACE OUSTED MICHAEL FLYNN The new[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 21
W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: THIRD READING Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing[Read More…]
Gov. Justice begins SOS tour addressing the need to finish King Coal Highway, Coalfield Expressway
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph SOPHIA, W.Va. — If Governor Jim Justice has his way, Bluefield’s infamous “bridge to nowhere,” a section of the long-delayed King Coal Highway, may soon go somewhere. That was one of the road projects he discussed Sunday afternoon at the beginning of his SOS (Save[Read More…]
SOS Tour: Justice outlines grim future if budget doesn’t pass
By DANIEL TYSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — During his inaugural Save Our State stop Sunday on the Coalfields Expressway in Slab Fork, Gov. Jim Justice outlined a grim future for West Virginia if his budget proposal, which includes tax increases, isn’t passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Standing at the[Read More…]
SOS Tour: Justice launches Save Our State Tour in Raleigh County
By ALI SCHMITZ Charleston Gazette-Mail SLAB FORK, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice touted raising taxes Sunday at the launch of his statewide Save Our State Tour at the Coalfields Expressway roads project in Raleigh County. More than 200 people attended the event. Justice, who said during his campaign he would not raise[Read More…]
WV’s youngest delegate encourages discussion between politicians, constituents
By ALI SCHMITZ Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Joshua Higginbotham took his grandmother to vote for the first time last fall. At 77, she’d never entered a polling place. This election was special for her, he said. That’s because she was able to vote for her grandson. Joshua Higginbotham, R-Putnam, is[Read More…]
Changes to education regulations could impact W. Va. school systems
By KAILEE E. GALLAHAN The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — State officials who support consistency in guidelines from the federal government said a recent vote to overturn education regulations could potentially affect students, teachers and school systems around West Virginia. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn two education[Read More…]
West Virginia legislature discusses oil, natural gas issues
From staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia and members of the Legislature discussed issues important to the oil and natural gas industry in a meeting at the Capitol. Executive Director Charlie Burd cited the importance of oil[Read More…]
West Virginia leaders talk budget, taxes: Tax reform bill aimed at goods and services
By JANET METZNER The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Changing West Virginia’s tax structure from income tax to general consumption tax is officially up for consideration in the Legislature. Taxing the selling, purchasing or use of goods and services should replace the current outdated income tax, Senate President Mitch Carmichael[Read More…]
