Release from the W.Va. Senate: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Senate has created a select committee for the 2nd Session of the 84th Legislature to give special attention to addressing legislation related specifically to child welfare. Senate Majority Leader Tom Takubo, R-Kanawha, has been named the chairman of the[Read More…]
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Ye Olde Alpha: Historic Wheeling restaurant to reopen after revitalization
Press Release: WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling businessman Anthony “Herk” Sparachane has announced the restaurant that has been Ye Olde Alpha will reopen to the public after extensive updates and remodeling to the building. Sparachane said following an agreement to keep the Alpha open through the holidays, the new owners will[Read More…]
Media Advisory: W.Va. Secretary of State Warner and First Lady to kick off year-long commemoration of the 19th Amendment at 5 p.m. today at Culture Center
“EqualiTea” will Feature Unveiling of Commemoration Logo Press Release from W.Va. Secretary of State CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and First Lady Cathy Justice will kick off a yearlong commemoration of the 19th Amendment at an event scheduled for today at the WV Culture Center starting at 5:00pm.[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Legislative Prayer Caucus Press Conference 11 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senator Mark Maynard, R-Wayne, chairman of the West Virginia Legislative Prayer caucus, has issued the following media advisory: “We will be having a press conference explaining this new caucus at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Senate Rotunda. Please join us, Maynard said. “It is[Read More…]
Understanding Public Notice
From the Public Notice Resource Center: I. Public Notice Public notice is information alerting citizens of government or government-related activities that may cause a citizen to take action. Traditionally and effectively newspapers—that are intended for general circulation, published regularly at short intervals, containing intelligence of current news of[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate President, House Speaker outline goals for 2020 legislative session
By Dave Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.VA. — West Virginia’s top two legislative leaders have their eyes on an array of bills for improving the state during the 2020 session, which begins Wednesday. Among them, ending the tax on business equipment, inventory and machinery; creating a state-backed investment fund[Read More…]
W.Va. Legislators not sweating budget deficit, pushing inventory tax repeal
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators from both sides of the aisle said Friday they are not sweating over a current $33 million shortfall in West Virginia’s tax collection. “I’m not stressed by that number at all,” Senate Finance Chairman Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, said during a panel discussion[Read More…]
Opinion: Keep legal ads for public notice in your local newspaper
From the West Virginia Press Association: Your county commissions, city and town councils are hearing state plans to allow West Virginia government officials to put legal ads for public notice on a state government website instead of in your local newspapers. Local officials are being told they will save money;[Read More…]
Foster care, substance abuse remain top priorities for W.Va. state government
By Steven Allen Adams, Special to The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Drug overdose deaths are decreasing, and work is ongoing to reunite children in the foster care system with their families, but lawmakers and state health officials say more will be done to curb substance abuse and the[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers weigh economic development, budget
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Going into the 2020 legislative session starting next week, members of the West Virginia Legislature and the top official at the Department of Commerce told media Friday that work continues on improving economic development in the state. Members of[Read More…]