By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.VA. — More than 200 tourism industry representatives gathered at the State Capitol on Monday, advocating for the industry and meeting with Governor Jim Justice and legislative leaders. While the Capitol’s Rotunda was full of volunteers and tourism displays from around the state,[Read More…]
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West Virginia House, Senate bills would consolidate corrections, create new division
By LINDA HARRIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Consolidating West Virginia’s three corrections divisions would bring economies that can’t be achieved within the current structure, Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety Secretary Jeff Sandy says. Sandy says a plan to merge the divisions of Juvenile Services, Corrections and Regional Jail[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers to address indigent burial fund
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the seventh year in a row, the West Virginia indigent burial fund will be depleted months before the end of the fiscal year, placing a large burden on the state’s funeral homes and highlighting the need for new legislation to stretch the[Read More…]
West Virginia tracks could win with sports betting measure
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Island Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort could get a boost if West Virginia allows sports betting, while hundreds of new jobs may come to the Northern Panhandle, new research shows. State lawmakers have received a[Read More…]
Alzheimer’s Association hosting Advocacy Day at WV Capitol on Thursday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter is hosting an Advocacy Day on Thursday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in Charleston at the West Virginia State Capitol. The day will begin with a special ceremony in the Lower Rotunda at 9:15 a.m. The event is an opportunity for people[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Feb. 12
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 34th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Tourism Day at the Legislature, Upper House, Upper Senate Rotundas, Upper Well Area, Lower Rotunda; WV Hospitality and Travel Association Legislative Reception, 5 – 7 p.m., Cultural Center; WVACO Legislative Reception, 7-11 p.m. – Embassy Suites.[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Newspaper’s ongoing fight for the public’s right to know
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Forty years ago Friday, a teenager at Hayes Junior High School in St. Albans shot and killed one of his classmates, Albert Smith. The following morning, The Charleston Gazette identified the shooter as 14-year-old Stuart Perrock. The Charleston Daily Mail, after not naming the teenager in[Read More…]
Ohio County teachers turn out for town hall with West Virginia lawmakers
Educators want more than one-percent pay raise By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Northern Panhandle teachers believe they are worth more than the 1 percent or 2 percent yearly raise for them being considered by the West Virginia Legislature, while they also believe students are[Read More…]
Editorial: WV legislature should get bigger ‘take’ from sports bets
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Five and one-half million dollars doesn’t even amount to chicken feed in the context of the billions of dollars wagered on sports every year in the United States. Yet that is one estimate, by some in the state Senate, of how much West Virginia government[Read More…]
Q&A on two WV abortion bills — including a constitutional amendment
By Erin Beck The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Earlier this legislative session, West Virginia lawmakers began working to pass a bill they hoped would undo a 1993 state Supreme Court decision and allow them to ban nearly all Medicaid-funded abortions in the state. Later, they introduced a resolution meant to[Read More…]