By Chairman Charlotte R. Lane Public Service Commission of West Virginia “Why is my Frontier phone service so bad?” We hear it every day. Service problems are not new for Frontier telephone customers, but they have gotten worse lately. In fact the PSC received 4,000 complaints about Frontier’s unreliable landline[Read More…]
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2020 Census seeking job applicants in five West Virginia counties
Positions pay $14 per hour; Sessions set for Elkins, Fairmont, Franklin, Morgantown, Wheeling BECKLEY, W.Va. – Several 2020 Census hiring events will take place the during the first week of March across northern West Virginia, including sessions in Elkins, Fairmont, Franklin, Morgantown and Wheeling. Participants will be able to submit[Read More…]
W.Va. House Bill would give first responders workers comp for PTSD
By TAYLOR STUCK, The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON — Holding the late Chris Coleman’s Huntington Fire Department helmet in his hands Friday morning, Del. Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell, told his fellow members of the West Virginia House of Delegates they had a choice. “Now, my friend Nick didn’t have a choice[Read More…]
W.Va. House of Delegates passes Hanshaw Impact Fund bill
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — After spending 16 days on the inactive calendar, a bill supported by the Speaker of the House of Delegates to create an avenue for out-of-state and foreign investment passed the House Friday. Members of the House spent more than two[Read More…]
Opinion: Proposed Intermediate Court will cost W.Va. taxpayers millions
Information Campaign Targets Government Waste, Tells Legislators to Focus on State’s Needs Release from West Virginia Consumer Protection Alliance: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Consumer Protection Alliance launched a public information campaign today against SB 275, the proposed intermediate court of appeals being considered by the West Virginia Legislature. [Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito pitches support for West Virginia’s Minor League baseball teams
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, Va. — One of West Virginia’s senators visited a local baseball stadium Friday to learn more about the sport’s economic impact and give her support to keeping Minor League Baseball teams in the state. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., stopped at Bowen[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Manchin talks opioids, impeachment at Charleston town hall
By Joe Severino, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Addressing a crowd of about 200 people Friday at the University of Charleston, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., touched on a number of topics, ranging from the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to the opioid epidemic, during a town hall meeting. Manchin, who[Read More…]
U.S. Senators Manchin, Capito announce $47 million in HUD funds for W.Va.
Release from the Office of Senator Joe Manchin: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $47,559,125 from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for various housing development programs across West Virginia. “Every West Virginian deserves[Read More…]
W.Va. House Speaker Hanshaw issues statement on passage of House Bill 4001: West Virginia Impact Fund
Release from the W.Va. House of Delegates: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, Friday issued the following statement after passage by the House of Delegates of House Bill 4001, which creates the West Virginia Impact Fund. “I want to thank my fellow delegates in the House for their consideration,[Read More…]
President Donald Trump amends West Virginia disaster declaration
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Donald J. Trump this week made additional disaster assistance available to the State of West Virginia by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in the State of West Virginia as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides[Read More…]
