W.Va. House moves bill on state vehicle fleet By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia may be closer to accounting for all the vehicles in the state fleet. Delegates made strides toward that goal during a House Government Organization Committee on Friday. The committee passed House[Read More…]
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Opinion: West Virginia Forward gaining traction
By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University; Dr. Jerome Gilbert, President, Marshall University; and H. Woody Thrasher, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce On the heels of Governor Justice’s State of the State address and the start of the Legislative session, many ideas and strategies for[Read More…]
W.Va. Gov. Justice declares ‘happy day’ with PEIA freeze, pending pay hike
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that West Virginia teachers, school service personnel and other state employees should consider it a “happy day,” with plans progressing to freeze pending Public Employees Insurance Agency health premiums for a year and to give fiscally prudent[Read More…]
Representatives of WVEA, AFT to meet to discuss strike this weekend
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph/The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A decision on a teachers strike may be made Sunday as representatives of the West Virginia Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers meet in Flatwoods. WVEA president Dale Lee said teachers around the state have voted on whether they would[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate bills could subtract money from teachers’ unions, their leaders
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON,W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate is on the verge of passing Senate Bill 335, which supporters and opponents say would require school employee union members to annually re-agree to have part of their county public school system-issued paychecks withheld to pay union dues. And on[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate advances resolution on abortion
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate Thursday advanced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment on abortion after rejecting an amendment which would have limited the scope to exclude cases of rape and incest or when it’s medically necessary to save the mother’s life. Several[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice orders agencies to take his name off letterhead
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A memo requiring all state agencies to remove Gov. Jim Justice’s name and seal from letterhead was the result of social media, the governor said Thursday. The memo was sent out Jan. 25 from Department of Administration Secretary John Myers, who told each state[Read More…]
West Virginia House upholstery bill spurs short debate on halfway point of legislative session
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON — Today, Feb. 8, marked Day 30 of the 2018 legislative session — the halfway point. The Senate had no bills up for passage. The House had two: One dealing with dialysis, the other dealing with upholstery. The one-sentence upholstery bill, HB 4350,[Read More…]
Last-minute bill change torpedoes independent West Virginia redistricting panel
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers working on a bill to decide how to redraw legislative districts after 2020 completely changed their proposal at the last minute Thursday, removing all mention of a nonpartisan, independent commission to redraw the districts. Instead, the proposal now would have legislators[Read More…]
West Virginia broadband council chairman blasts FCC report, says data isn’t correct
By MAX GARLAND 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 claims, among[Read More…]
