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WV Flood Resiliency Trust Fund waiting for allocations

State Resiliency Office updated Legislative Interim Committee on Flooding By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nine months after Senate Bill 677 established the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund and placed the administrative authority of the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund under the State Resiliency Office[Read More…]

WV Legislative Interims: Lawmakers updated on ‘Unite with Numeracy’ and other education programs

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education, on Sunday, heard a presentation from the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) Academic Support Director Jonah Adkins, and Coordinator of Mathematics Tim Flatley regarding the state’s “Unite with Numeracy” program.  “Thank[Read More…]

WV Legislative Interims: Joint Committee on Flooding hears update on State Resiliency Office

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nine months after Senate Bill 677 established the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund and placed the administrative authority of the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund under the State Resiliency Office (SRO), State Resiliency Officer Bob Martin, on Sunday, told[Read More…]

WV Legislative Interims: Veterans’ Affairs updated on suicides among armed services veterans

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association WHEELING, W.Va. – Although veteran suicide rates have decreased nationwide, the numbers are still far too high, according to West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance Cabinet Secretary Edward Diaz, who spoke before members of the West Virginia legislative Select Committee On Veterans’ Affairs during[Read More…]

WV Legislative Interims: Health and Human Resources Accountability committee hears update on DHHR

WV Press Staff Report WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (LOCHHRA), on Sunday, met at The Health Plan’s Wheeling offices to hear status updates regarding the transformation of the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).   Dr. Sherri Young, who currently[Read More…]

U.S. Senators Manchin and Romney introduce the bipartisan Fiscal Stability Act 

Legislation would create a bicameral fiscal commission to find legislative solutions to stabilize and decrease national debt WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) have introduced the bipartisan Fiscal Stability Act to strengthen America’s fiscal health and stabilize the nation’s finances for future generations. The legislation would[Read More…]

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