By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s counties and municipalities could get financial incentives to work together to provide public services under a bill before the State Legislature. Senate Bill 117 passed the Senate this week in a 32-0 vote, and is now before[Read More…]
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Former West Virginia Supreme Court chief justice Allen Loughry agrees to panel’s findings
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch WAYNE, W.Va. — Allen Loughry, the former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals chief justice turned convicted felon, has agreed to surrender his law license and never again run for public office in the state. Without admitting guilt, Loughry entered into an agreement with the[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers speed up pace for campus carry bill
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the end of the legislative session nearing, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted 51-47 not to send a campus carry bill to its Finance Committee for review Wednesday evening, instead bringing the bill to a vote of the entire House sometime[Read More…]
Climbing brings in more than $12 million into New River Gorge region
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — According to a recently released study, rock climbing brings in more than $12 million in estimated direct spending by non-local climbers to Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh counties per year. The study, “The Economic Impact of Rock Climbing in the New River Gorge[Read More…]
West Virginia House of Delegates works on community and technical college bill
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate saw the defeat of its landmark education reform bill, but there is still hope for the Senate’s effort to make community and technical college more affordable. The House Education Committee started work on Senate[Read More…]
West Virginia House Finance committee advances Medicaid work requirement bill
By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Poor West Virginians who get health care coverage through Medicaid would have to work, volunteer or train for a job under a bill that originated and advanced in the House Finance Committee on Wednesday. With a 14-9 vote, the committee advanced the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, February 21
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘EMPIRE’ ACTOR GOES FROM VICTIM TO ACCUSED FELON “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turns himself in[Read More…]
While grateful for House decision, West Virginia educators remain concerned about future bills
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “We’re back again.” Several signs sporting that phrase were held high Tuesday at the State Capitol in Charleston — the day after education union leaders announced a statewide walkout for the second year in a row. However, with the approval of many[Read More…]
WV House votes down education omnibus bill, strike continues another day
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN and RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates voted Tuesday to kill an omnibus education bill that would have provided a pay raise to teachers and school workers, but also would have opened the door to charter schools, education savings accounts[Read More…]
