By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate passed a controversial consumer loan bill Monday that would expand the amount of money state residents could borrow on a high-interest loan. The Senate postponed a vote on Senate Bill 398 last Friday after several Democrats accused[Read More…]
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West Virginia House to vote on SNAP work requirements Tuesday
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates is slated to vote on a bill Tuesday that would impose a 20-hour-per-week work requirement on people receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. House Bill 4001 would require able-bodied adults age 18 to 49 to either work,[Read More…]
Natural gas royalties bill backers push for quick passage
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly two weeks after a natural gas royalties bill was moved from the West Virginia Senate’s Energy, Industry and Mining Committee to its Judiciary Committee, property rights advocates held a news conference Monday morning to try to push the bill forward. Senate[Read More…]
W.Va. House Finance Committee debates Health Care for State’s Foster Children
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While delegates on both sides of the issue expressed concern about the wellbeing of foster children in West Virginia, they differ in how best to provide health care to nearly 6,200 children affected. House Bill 4241 — legislation transitioning foster children into[Read More…]
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On the rise: Rural areas seeing greater increase in suicide rates, numbers
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Over the past several years, the rate and number of suicides has been going up in West Virginia. “Not only West Virginia, but across the United States,” Barrie Faucett, the director of Prevent Suicide West Virginia, said in a recent telephone interview. “There[Read More…]
Marshall students fight human trafficking
By GINNY BLAKE The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Students in Marshall University’s Open Source Intelligence Exchange Program, OSIX for short, have assisted Operation Underground Railroad in the liberation of almost 40 child trafficking victims and the arrest of 10 suspected traffickers in Latin America since fall semester. According to Operation[Read More…]
Water recedes on Ohio River; more rain expected
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Despite a now-receding Ohio River and mostly sunny skies Monday, Tri-State residents’ reprieve from wet weather will be short-lived as Wednesday will bring another round of showers, which are expected to continue until the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Mike Kistner, a[Read More…]
WV Senate Government Organization moves home rule, payroll confidentiality, White Sulphur Springs bills
WVPA Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill establishing the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program as a permanent state program was approved by the W.VA. Senate Government Organization Committee on Friday. The committee also approved bills dealing with White Sulphur Springs finances and making records of some construction wages confidential. Watch video[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, February 20
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SCORES OF CASUALTIES REPORTED AFTER BOMBARDMENT Government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of Damascus[Read More…]
