By Erin Beck The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A proposed amendment to the West Virginia Constitution that would state nothing within the constitution protects abortion rights now goes to the House of Delegates for consideration. The state Senate voted 25-9 Friday to pass Senate Joint Resolution 12, the “no constitutional[Read More…]
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Oil and natural gas industry’s biggest bill of WV Legislative session moves out of committee
By Kate Mishkin The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow companies to drill on minority mineral owners’ land without their consent moved from committee to the House of Delegates floor Friday afternoon, but not without an hour of public comments and nearly three hours of committee[Read More…]
Correctional employee pay raise bill moves in WV House of Delegates
By KELSIE LEROSE The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINS BURG, W.Va. – Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted Friday on a proposed amendment to House Bill 4142 that, if passed, would increase the proposed pay raise to state correctional employees that have regular contact with inmates. Eleven delegates[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Legislature should stop politics, end attacks on women’s health issues, access to abortion
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: Strident social conservatives are at it again at the state capitol, trying to gin up reasons to pass legislation that would restrict access to abortion for all women – especially the poor – in West Virginia. Don’t be fooled by the political deception. This isn’t[Read More…]
Chanda Adkins appointed to WV House of Delegates’ District 31
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Chanda Adkins of Raleigh County to the House of Delegates District 31 seat vacated by Lynne Arvon, who was appointed to the state Senate. Adkins was sworn in Friday. The two other names submitted to the[Read More…]
Charleston, WV, screenings of Heroin(e) documentary set for mid-February
CHARLESTON, W.V. – University of Charleston and the Governor’s Mansion will house screenings of Oscar-nominated documentary, Heroin(e), directed and produced by West Virginia native, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, on February 15, 2018. The documentary follows the efforts of three women—a fire chief, a judge and a street missionary— as they battle[Read More…]
Editorial: Education leaders should not encourage WV teacher strike
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Most public school officials and administrators probably support demands from many teachers for higher pay and lower health insurance costs. But the place to do that is in the state Capitol in Charleston — not on the picket line. Many members of the state’s two[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announces 2018 job fairs
WV broadband council chairman blasts FCC report, says data isn’t correct, doesn’t document WV struggles
By Max Garland The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Numbers in a federal report about West Virginians who have access to broadband internet services are “not even close to being correct,” the chairman of the state’s broadband council said Thursday. The Federal Communications Commission released the report last week. It[Read More…]
WV Senate advances resolution that would allow lawmakers to restrict abortion access
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s Senate has advanced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would authorize lawmakers to restrict abortion rights. Senate Joint Resolution 12 says: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” Approved[Read More…]