By JOSELYN KING The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — A Hancock County delegate has reintroduced a bill to eliminate Common Core education standards in West Virginia. Delegate Pat McGeehan, a Republican from the Northern Panhandle county, said the state’s way to educate students is “confused and convoluted” and taxpayers should[Read More…]
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House committee approves campaign fund bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Feb. 15 to require incumbent legislators to promptly disclose campaign fundraisers held during legislative sessions. As amended in committee, HB 2319 requires a legislator running for legislative office who holds a fundraiser to disclose[Read More…]
House to vote on Erin’s Law
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates will vote on a freshly revised version of HB 2099, Erin’s Law, on Feb. 17. The bill updates 2010’s Erin’s Law — named for Fairmont resident and WVU nursing student Erin Keener, who was killed in a[Read More…]
Tax change, school bills introduced in Legislature
The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills introduced Feb.16. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 335, to prospectively repeal the consumer sales and service tax, the use tax and the personal income tax, to enact the general consumption tax law and the temporary single rate[Read More…]
Editorial: Capitalize On Cracker Delay
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: All good things come to those who wait, it has been said. Well, if that bears out for the Ohio Valley, we are really going to be pleased with the proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County. If it is built. PTT Global Chemical America proposed[Read More…]
Editorial: Balance required between aiding business, enforcing rules
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: Among many topics he covered in his first State of the State speech, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice emphasized his vision for boosting the state’s ailing economy. One of his points was that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection would have a change of attitude,[Read More…]
Editorial: Taxing advertising is bad idea
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Gov. Jim Justice in his State of the State address presented to the Legislature a budget proposal that called for $450 million in tax increases (euphemistically referred to as revenue enhancements) and just $30 million in state budget cuts — or expense reductions —[Read More…]
Editorial: Paying price for assault on coal
From the Wheeling News-Register: Between 2011 and last year, the United States lost enough coal-fired electric generating capacity to serve about 47 million homes, we reported last weekend. What has that meant to the millions of families who have lost access to low-cost electricity generated with coal? Money. Monthly electric[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Feb. 7
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. PAKISTANIS QUESTION SECURITY AFTER SHRINE BLAST A day after a suicide bombing by the[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17 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: Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: [Read More…]