By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates Wednesday put the brakes on a bill to make permanent a program that gives cities more freedom to craft ordinances. House Bill 2728 making the Municipal Home Rule Pilot[Read More…]
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Media Alert: West Virginia, national education data, graphics available to assist with coverage of Education Reform Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — To assist media following today’s West Virginia Senate’s discussion and references on Senate Bill 451, comprehensive education reform, the West Virginia Press Association is sharing a link and data from Nations Report Card (NAEP) website. Here is the link to the report andWest Virginia data sheets are listed[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Jan. 31
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019 23th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities:Christian Home Education Association Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas. SENATE: Senate to convene at 9 a.m. On The Agenda The Senate will resolve into the Committee of the Whole[Read More…]
W.Va. House Government Organization Committee votes to amend HB 2728
By Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.VA — HB 2728 was amended Wednesday, but it was not an easy process. HB 2728, if passed, will establish the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program (set to end in June of 2019) as a permanent program. Charleston, Huntington,[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice threatens veto of education overhaul, charter school package
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice broke his silence Tuesday on a public education battle waging at the West Virginia Capitol, aligning himself with unions and Democrats and against the Senate GOP. Listing what he considers problems with the bill, like the enabling of charter[Read More…]
Senate leaders push back against Justice veto threat of education omnibus
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate is moving forward this morning with discussing an education reform package after the governor threatened to veto it Tuesday. Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, and Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, addressed the[Read More…]
W.Va. House committee advances bills on water source protection, pharmacists, nursing homes, student loans
By Erica Young WV Press Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Health and Human Resources took quick action Tuesday on legislation addressing water source protection, pharmacists, nursing homes and student loans. First on the agenda was House Bills 2612 — an amendment “to authorize[Read More…]
Media Alert: W.Va. House Speaker Hanshaw issues statement on education system
See video of Speaker Hanshaw’s legislative goals CHARLESTON, W.Va. – House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, today issued the following statement on developing education proposals in the Legislature. “From the beginning of this session, House leadership has made clear that improving the compensation and benefits for our state’s teachers and school[Read More…]
WVDOT: No decision on using road bond for secondary road maintenance
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation told a Senate committee Tuesday that no decisions have been made regarding a proposal made by the governor to take road bond money meant for major projects for fixing[Read More…]
Senators talk EZ-Pass boom, WV highways funding needs
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Demand for deeply discounted $24 EZ-Pass transponders providing three-year unlimited use of the West Virginia Turnpike exceeded all expectations, Parkways Authority general manager Greg Barr told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday. Sales of the discounted EZ-Passes, which was extended 11 days past[Read More…]
