Logan Banner editorial It’s ironic — and disheartening to open-government advocates — that while the West Virginia auditor’s office is touting the importance of public access to the state’s spending records, another branch of government is trying to place a shroud of secrecy on some of that information. That other government branch[Read More…]
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West Virginia House passes SNAP work requirement bill
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would impose a work requirement on many adults who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. House Bill 4001 passed by a 78-19 vote. Every Republican in attendance voted for it, as did[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate OKs nixing GPA, GED Promise Scholarship criteria
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate passed Tuesday a bill to eliminate state law’s Promise Scholarship eligibility requirement that says public and private students must have at least a 3.0 high school grade point average “in the required core and elective course work necessary to[Read More…]
Bill would allow guns in schools, recreation centers, city officials say
By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Danny Jones said the city may disallow school programming in its recreation centers or even shut down the centers if a gun bill that recently passed in the state Senate becomes a law. An attorney that represented the city in a[Read More…]
XTO Official: Pressure may have contributed to Powhatan Point blast
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register POWHATAN POINT, Ohio — XTO Energy spokeswoman Karen Matusic said the high pressure associated with eastern Ohio Utica Shale wells may have contributed to the explosion at the Schnegg well pad near Captina Creek on Thursday. Almost a week after the well blew, several residents remain[Read More…]
Fairmont State University reacts to West Virginia campus carry bill
By CARTER WALKER Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia is one step closer to being one of 12 states in the nation that allows individuals to carry concealed weapons on college campuses. Recently, the House Education Committee passed House Bill 4298, “The Campus Self-Defense Act,” which would amend the[Read More…]
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U.S. Attorney unseals indictment charging 12 with operating pill mill
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 69-count indictment has been unsealed, charging 12 individuals with operating a pill mill. The indictment charges the owners, managers and physicians associated with HOPE Clinic, which operated as a purported pain management clinic in Beckley, Beaver and Charleston, as well as Wytheville,[Read More…]
Brooke County power plant clears next permit hurdle
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — An $884 million natural gas electricity generator is one step closer to reality in West Virginia because state regulators on Tuesday issued a siting certificate for the planned Brooke County Power plant. This is one of the projects West[Read More…]
WVU doctors and nurses work together to get tonsillectomy patients home faster
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After having their tonsils removed, patients often can’t leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, a resident in the West Virginia University School of[Read More…]
