By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A bill releasing funds that will go toward flood recovery in White Sulphur Springs recently became law without the governor’s signature. Senate Bill 500 will allow the city to expend principal and interest from a special interest-bearing fund. The town sold an[Read More…]
Government
West Virginia Delegate Overington: I accomplished most of my goals
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia House Delegate John Overington, who steps down from the House of Delegates at the end of the year after a 34-year tenure, said he accomplished most of the goals he had set out to do when he came to Charleston[Read More…]
West Virginia Lyme disease treatment bill signed by governor
The Morgan Messenger CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new law will go into effect June 6 requiring health insurance providers to cover the expenses of long-term antibiotic therapy for patients suffering from Lyme disease. Senate Bill 242 was passed by the West Virginia Legislature during their 2018 session and was signed[Read More…]
Justice proposes special session, creating ‘Department of the Arts’
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation (House Bill 4006) eliminating the state Department of Education and the Arts, erasing the cabinet secretary position that led it and sending its agencies elsewhere in state government, with much of the bill’s impact taking[Read More…]
Governor vetoes bills including one limiting settlement funds
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill that would limit the Attorney General’s use of settlement funds, saying the bill would “significantly delay any implementation of correcting the problem or redress of the damages awarded.” House Bill 4009 would have required the award or recovery of[Read More…]
Governor signs West Virginia correctional officers pay raise bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill on Thursday that will provide an $8,000 pay raise for correctional officers over the next three years, bumping starting pay to $32,000 a year. Starting July 1, officers of the Division of Corrections, Division of Juvenile[Read More…]
Governor signs bill eliminating West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed off Wednesday on eliminating the Department of Education and the Arts, but in doing so said he will create the Department of the Arts and Culture and History that will answer to him. Justice said no programs will[Read More…]
West Virginia House Speaker asks for death benefit bill to be retroactive following Pratt tragedy
By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Speaker Tim Armstead has called for a bill that will double the death benefits for emergency personnel who die in the line of duty to be retroactively effective Jan. 1, in light of a crash that killed two members of the Pratt[Read More…]
West Virginia S.N.A.P. measure draws ire, praise
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The governor Wednesday signed a bill eliminating the cabinet level Department of the Arts and Education. Meanwhile, a bill imposing the federal 20-hour weekly work requirement for many food stamp recipients in West Virginia is going to hurt people, a[Read More…]
W.Va. State Tax Department releases list of additional W.Va. municipalities Imposing sales and use taxes
Release from the W.Va. State Tax Department: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — W.Va. State Tax Department has announced that, effective July, 1, 2018, four additional municipalities in West Virginia will impose a local sales and use tax: Athens, Davis, Elizabeth and Elkins. Those four are in addition to the 39 municipalities that currently[Read More…]
