By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Education released Tuesday its report on the eight forums it held across the state and the surveys it collected regarding the upcoming special legislative session on education. The report, which strongly recommends not creating non-public school vouchers,[Read More…]
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Mixed-media artist Sara Golden exhibit to benefit library
The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Acclaimed local artist Sara Golden will display “The Stream of Collective Consciousness Series”, an exhibit of original art based upon a word-a-day in the form of greeting cards and prints, at the Upshur Country Public Library today, starting at 10 a.m., and Friday from 10 a.m.[Read More…]
West Virginia and 42 other states to FCC: Regulate robocalls
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state of West Virginia has joined 42 other states in urging the Federal Communications Commission to take further action to stop the proliferation of illegal robocalls and spoofing. The coalition of attorneys general recently delivered formal comments urging the FCC to[Read More…]
WVU researcher: HIV epidemic partially fueled by national opioid crisis
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Infectious diseases expert Sally Hodder, director of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute and associate vice president for clinical and translational science at West Virginia University, was part of a national team that published “AIDS in America – Back in the Headlines at Long Last,” a[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegates urge AG Morrisey to direct opioid settlement funds toward treatment
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While part of West Virginia’s $37 million settlement with McKesson Corp. over excessive pain pill distribution in the state will go to addiction-related purposes, several lawmakers are opposing West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s plan to put part of the settlement toward his own[Read More…]
Del. Paul Espinosa appointed as WV House Education Chair
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a special legislative session focused on education reform nearing, West Virginia Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, has named Del. Paul Espinosa, the former chairman of the House Education Committee, to once again head that committee. In an interview Monday,[Read More…]
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to visit WV
Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will make a stop in West Virginia on Friday. Warren will hold a “community conversation” at the Kermit Fire and Rescue Station, in Kermit, at 10:30 a.m., her campaign said. Doors will open for the event at 10 a.m.[Read More…]
W.Va. to receive $2M from health care fraud settlement
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what federal officials are calling the largest health care fraud settlement in state history, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced Monday a $17 million settlement with Acadia Healthcare Co. in a[Read More…]
WV GOP leaders plan to again push charter schools, vouchers in special session
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said he supports “two or three pilot charter schools” in West Virginia. Earlier that day, state Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, reiterated his support for both charter schools and education savings accounts (ESAs) in a letter he sent[Read More…]
