Press release from the W.Va. Military Affairs and Public Safety with video from the Governor’s Communications Hub: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Intercepting smuggled drugs, going the distance for at-risk youth and soldiering on after a horrific crash are just some of the actions recognized Friday with Freedom Awards for Distinguished Service during Corrections Day[Read More…]
Government
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Feb. 18
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Feb. 17, 2019 41st Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Pierpont, Bridge Valley Advanced Technology Center Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas; Citizens Defense League; Attorney General Rotunda; West Virginians for Life Rally, Capitol North Steps. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Legislature should not shelve ethics bill
From the Wheeling News-Register: Incredibly — or, if you have followed politics for a few years, perhaps not — an important ethics law in West Virginia exempts state legislators and other elected officials. Most state employees are banned from having financial interests in public contracts. That is, they cannot steer[Read More…]
Addiction program to add location in W.Va. Eastern Panhandle
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON — West Virginia will expand a state pilot program to address substance use disorder at the local level to a second location as Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that Berkeley and Jefferson counties will be the next site of the initiative. The project provides state[Read More…]
House of Delegates passes bill to move medical marijuana program forward
By Erin Beck The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Friday meant to allow the state’s stalled medical marijuana program to begin. West Virginia passed a medical marijuana law in 2017 to take effect in July of this year, but the state treasurer’s office[Read More…]
Bipartisan amendment to SB 383 to help small local farmers
WV Food and Farm Coalition speaks on bill By Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter Suggested Headline: Bipartisan Amendment to SB 383 Helps Small Local Farmers CHARLESTON, W.VA — Senators Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, and Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, found success at Wednesday’s Agriculture and Rural Development meeting. The committee[Read More…]
This week in W.Va. House of Delegates
Release from the W.Va. House of Delegates for Feb. 15, 2019: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates this past week refined and advanced its proposal for comprehensive education reform for West Virginia schools. The House overwhelmingly passed on a bipartisan basis its alternative to Senate Bill 451 on Thursday, after[Read More…]
Media Alert: W.Va. Governor’s Office posting weekly recap of state announcements
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The Communications Office for Governor Jim Justice has announced it will release a weekly recap each Friday of the prior week’s events and press releases from across all state agencies within the executive branch. For more information on this effort, contact Director of Communications Butch Antolini, 304-890-2945 or [email protected] See[Read More…]
WV Capitol Daily: Legislature in session Monday; Early schedule
CHARLESTON, W.Va — The West Virginia Press Association offers the following advance – but incomplete – glance at Monday’s West Virginia Legislative calendar. While Monday is a federal holiday – President’s Day – the Legislature will be in session. Monday, Feb. 18, is the 41st day of the session and[Read More…]
At the Capitol: Discussion focuses on Loughry sentencing, education bill
By Phil Kabler Charleston Gazette-Mail For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the now-significantly different versions of the omnibus education bill almost certainly headed for a showdown in a House-Senate conference committee, the most talked-about event of the week at the Capitol actually took place two miles[Read More…]
