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Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 13
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 35th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: WV Occupational Therapy Association, Upper Well Area; WV Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas; Public Health Day at the Legislature, Lower Rotunda. SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On[Read More…]
More work needed for tourism industry to win the day at the W.Va. Legislature
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.VA. — More than 200 tourism industry representatives gathered at the State Capitol on Monday, advocating for the industry and meeting with Governor Jim Justice and legislative leaders. While the Capitol’s Rotunda was full of volunteers and tourism displays from around the state,[Read More…]
School workers across West Virginia vote to authorize action
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail FLATWOODS, W.Va. — An “overwhelming” proportion of public school employees across the state have voted to authorize leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association state branches to decide on statewide action in response to concerns about pay, health insurance benefit cuts and other[Read More…]
West Virginia statewide teachers’ strike a possibility
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald FLATWOODS, W.Va. — In a dual meeting, the top two teachers’ unions in the state voted for the possibility of a statewide teachers’ strike if state union leaders call for it. County leadership of the West Virginia Education Association (WVEA) and the West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia teachers OK possible strike
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph FLATWOODS, W.Va. — Teachers from around the state have given authorization to both West Virginia education associations for a work stoppage, but a decision is on hold for now to see what legislators will do. That was the outcome of a statewide gathering of teachers’[Read More…]
West Virginia House, Senate bills would consolidate corrections, create new division
By LINDA HARRIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Consolidating West Virginia’s three corrections divisions would bring economies that can’t be achieved within the current structure, Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety Secretary Jeff Sandy says. Sandy says a plan to merge the divisions of Juvenile Services, Corrections and Regional Jail[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers to address indigent burial fund
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the seventh year in a row, the West Virginia indigent burial fund will be depleted months before the end of the fiscal year, placing a large burden on the state’s funeral homes and highlighting the need for new legislation to stretch the[Read More…]
West Virginia tracks could win with sports betting measure
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Island Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort could get a boost if West Virginia allows sports betting, while hundreds of new jobs may come to the Northern Panhandle, new research shows. State lawmakers have received a[Read More…]
Huntington-area NAACP sponsors candidates’ night
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Huntington-Cabell Branch of the NAACP will host a “meet the candidates” event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 26. The branch is inviting all candidates running for local, county and state offices to take part. The event will be at the A.D. Lewis Community[Read More…]
