By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two men running for a Kanawha County state Senate seat are painting two different pictures of the same economy. Both incumbent Sen. Ed Gaunch, R-Kanawha, and Democratic challenger Richard Lindsay came to speak with Charleston Gazette-Mail editors Tuesday to discuss issues ranging[Read More…]
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Delegate Roger Hanshaw elected as 58th Speaker of the House of Delegates
Release from the West Virginia House of Delegates: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates today elected Delegate Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, as the 58th Speaker of the West Virginia House. Speaker Hanshaw succeeds former Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, who resigned last week. He becomes just the second Republican to serve[Read More…]
Media Alert: Early photos of WV Supreme Court available
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators and media representatives are touring of the chambers of the West Virginia State Supreme Court today. The tour of the Supreme Court, where expensive renovations kicked off a series of controversies, started at 9 a.m. Court officials had said media would not be allowed to witness the tour.[Read More…]
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West Virginia lawmakers examine Supreme Court spending
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia voters will decide this fall whether lawmakers will have oversight over the state Supreme Court’s budget, a move local lawmakers believe is necessary. The proposed constitutional amendment will appear on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, and[Read More…]
Legislature votes to make West Virginia 13th state to join energy consortium
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance voted Tuesday for West Virginia to become the 13th state to join the national Energy Council, a consortium of legislators from energy producing states. Delegate Mark Zatezalo, R-Hancock, encouraged ranking legislators to approve[Read More…]
West Virginia Legislature votes to create new department to replace Education and Arts
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 70 days after it passed legislation eliminating the Department of Education and the Arts in the name of reducing costs and bureaucracy, the Legislature on Monday approved a bill creating the Department of Arts, Culture and History as its replacement.[Read More…]
West Virginia House Democrats start petition to add medical marijuana fix to any special session call
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia House Democrats are pushing Gov. Jim Justice to add a medical marijuana banking fix to a special session that could take place as early as next week. Nothing is set in stone for an agenda, but a draft of what[Read More…]
National Youth Science Foundation hosts ‘STEM’ teachers workshop
DAVIS, W.Va. — The National Youth Science Foundation in a partnership with The Harless Center, recently hosted a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Teachers Workshop at The National Youth Science Center in Davis. “The National Youth Science Foundation was pleased to host a STEM workshop for teachers and administrators from[Read More…]
Could West Virginia’s 11th Senate GOP primary be a bellwether for November elections?
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — I’ve been told this is going to be a barometer for the fall elections,” Delegate Bill Hamilton, R-Upshur, said of the 11th Senatorial District Republican primary, where he faces one-term incumbent Sen. Robert Karnes, R-Upshur. Karnes, however, downplayed any significance of the[Read More…]