By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While the Legislature figures out longterm revenue sources to fund the Public Employees Insurance Agency plan for teachers and state workers, a Democratic delegate from Randolph County has a plan — and his amendment narrowly passed in a 49-47 House vote Wednesday.[Read More…]
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Senate spars over employer property bill
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the state Senate got into a lengthy and sometimes heated debate Wednesday over a bill that would allow employers to charge employees for uniforms or equipment they don’t return when they leave. House Bill 2546, which was up for a vote[Read More…]
West Virginia House debates gas co-tenancy bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates spent nearly two hours on Feb. 14 debating amendments to HB 4268, the gas well mineral tract co-tenancy bill. Members rejected one offered by Delegates Barbara Evens Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, and Dave Pethtel, D-Wetzel, to raise the lease[Read More…]
Redistricting bill sent to West Virginia House floor without independent commission
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A House of Delegates committee sent a bill to the floor Wednesday that would change the factors legislators use when drawing political district lines after each decennial census. The bill does not, however, create an independent commission to handle the redistricting process, as[Read More…]
Bill in WV Legislature would allow legal sports gambling
By JOE SEVERINO The Daily Athenaeum CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A proposed bill in the West Virginia Legislature would allow betting on college and professional sports in the state’s five casinos, pending federal approval. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide within the next few months if it will overturn a ruling[Read More…]
Long-time activist Meshea Poore to lead WVU’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Meshea Poore, a long-time champion of under-represented people, has been named vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at West Virginia University. “Meshea will be a powerful voice at the University on some of the most important societal issues we face,” President Gordon Gee said[Read More…]
Wheeling couple’s grandson escaped shooter’s path unharmed
By HEATHER ZIEGLER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Carol and Walter Austin watched in horror from their Wheeling home as news of a shooting at Parkland High School in Parkland, Fla., unfolded on the TV screen Wednesday afternoon. Their grandson, Charles Austin, 15, is a freshman at that[Read More…]
Frederick Douglass’ 200th birthday celebrated at Marshall University
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As part of its Black History Month programming, Marshall University’s Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum put on a 200th birthday celebration for renowned activist Frederick Douglass on Wednesday afternoon and had an actor re-enact one of his most famous speeches. Professor Robert Levine of the University[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, February 15
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘IT WAS GOING TO BE HIM’ Students who knew Nikolas Cruz, who police say killed[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 15
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 37th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: xx SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On the Agenda: RESOLUTIONS SR 43: Designating February 15, 2018, as WV Alzheimer’s Association Day UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 20: Requesting Bureau for[Read More…]
