By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite multiple attempts by delegates, including the Republican judiciary committee chairman — to amend a bill to alleviate concerns of the state’s colleges and universities, the House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday to allow students to carry[Read More…]
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to hear arguments at WVU College of Law
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will convene at the West Virginia University College of Law March 5 to hear arguments in three cases. The court convenes at 10 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom. Admission is free and the court’s session is[Read More…]
Brushing off concerns, WV House passes coal tax cut
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A two-year rollback of West Virginia’s severance tax on steam coal from 5 percent to 3 percent passed the House of Delegates by an overwhelming 88-11 margin Wednesday, despite concerns it will cost the state about $60 million a year and may[Read More…]
New River Train trips will not run this year, official says
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON. W.Va. — While there was still some hope that the New River Train might run in 2019, that hope appears to be gone. Chris Lockwood, the general manager of the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society Inc., the nonprofit organization running the annual New[Read More…]
WV Senate passes bill to increase penalties in DUI crashes
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill legislators began working on immediately following a summertime car crash just feet from where children were playing in Huntington’s Ritter Park passed the Senate unanimously Wednesday, the West Virginia Legislature’s crossover day. Senate Bill 105 creates the misdemeanor crime of[Read More…]
At first of Mountain State Maple Days, the sap flows sweetly
By SUZANNE STEWART The Pocahontas Time GREEN BANK, W.Va. — Saturday may have been a dreary, cold day, but things were steamy in the Fort Warwick sugar shack in Green Bank where visitors enjoyed a tour, lesson and taste test during the first of two Mountain State Maple Days. Visitors[Read More…]
Marijuana business bill passes WV House
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill to make the medical marijuana bill more lucrative for businesses has passed the West Virginia House of Delegates. West Virginia’s medical marijuana law passed in 2017. It was scheduled to begin in July of 2019 but is running behind schedule.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, February 28
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NO DEAL IN HANOI Declaring “sometimes you have to walk,” Trump did just that after[Read More…]
WV House passes bills to create $150 million PEIA reserve fund
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two bills intended to fulfill Gov. Jim Justice’s pledge to set aside $150 million to offset future cost increases for PEIA health insurance benefits were headed to the Senate on Tuesday after passing the House of Delegates by wide margins — despite[Read More…]
