By Curtis Johnson, WSAZ News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — House and Senate leadership touched tax cuts and reform within West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources, but they also discussed several others Friday, including education, at a Legislative Lookahead in Charleston. The event, organized by the West Virginia Press Association,[Read More…]

By Eric Douglas, WV Public Broadcasting Charleston, W.Va. — Leadership from both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature met Friday with the state press corps at the West Virginia Press Association’s annual Legislative Lookahead. Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, often speaks about reversing the state’s population loss and he indicated gainful[Read More…]

Public education, health insurance for government employees and restructuring the ailing Department of Health and Human Resources will be key priorities during the upcoming legislative session By LEAH WILLINGHAM – Associated Press The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Public education, health insurance for government employees and restructuring the ailing Department[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Special for The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  Leaders of the West Virginia Legislature agree on tax reform, though what that specific tax reform will look like is unclear. Members of the West Virginia press heard from legislative leaders, interest groups and public policy experts[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislative leaders all agreed Friday that reform of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and how the state’s health insurance program for public employees reimburses health care providers are high priorities for the 2023 legislative session next[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Leaders of the West Virginia House and Senate promised “impactful” tax cuts for residents and bold change in the Department of Health and Human Resources during panel discussions Friday at the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead at the Culture Center. Press Association Director[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Delegate Charlie Reynolds, Marshall County, who serves as vice-chair of the House Committee on Workforce Development, has requested that Governor Jim Justice work to resolve the PEIA health insurance situation with Wheeling Hospital. In a letter Friday that was also released to[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Student enrollment in West Virginia’s community and technical colleges and public four-year universities remained mostly steady for the fall 2022 semester compared to the year before. For the state’s community and technical colleges, enrollment rose from 15,555 in 2021 to 15,770 in 2022,[Read More…]