By Brittany Westfall WVSOS Elections Division Director On this National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 24, the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Elections Office looks forward to efforts which get our communities “vote ready.” The electoral process works best when our elections reflect input from everyone in our community. Which is[Read More…]
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State Sen. Ron Stollings announces candidacy for W.Va. Governor
By Steven Allan Adams, For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Boone County doctor and state senator has thrown his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination to be West Virginia’s next governor. Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, filed his precandidacy paperwork Monday morning at the Secretary of State’s office[Read More…]
W.Va. Legislative Interims: Budget shortfalls result of downturn in coal exports, gas prices, pipeline jobs
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sharp downturns in coal exports and natural gas prices, along with court actions halting construction of two major natural gas pipelines, have pushed the 2019-20 West Virginia budget into a deficit early on, Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow told legislators Monday. Muchow[Read More…]
W.Va. State Sen. Greg Boso announces resignation
By Steven Allan Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a floor speech that was sometimes emotional, Sen. Greg Boso, R-Nicholas, announced his resignation from the West Virginia Senate Monday as he takes a new job. According to the letter of resignation read by Senate Clerk Lee Cassis[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate approves all governor’s appointments during interims
The Exponent Telegram Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appointments to various state positions made by Gov. Jim Justice were approved by the West Virginia Senate Monday as legislators met for the September round of interim legislative meetings. The governor made more than 130 appointments, each of which was subject to[Read More…]
With feds in mind, W.Va. Treasurer hiring attorney for medical marijuana banking
By Jake Zuckerman, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer John Perdue is hiring an attorney to assist with his office’s handling of banking services for West Virginia’s medical cannabis program, a show of escalating tension with the district’s federal prosecutor. Through the Attorney General’s Office, Perdue is requesting help from[Read More…]
Editorial: Wheeling News-Register’s policy is service
From the Wheeling News-Register: Today (Sept. 22), we at the Wheeling News-Register observed a birthday — our 129th. There will be no party with cake, games and presents, however. Instead, we will celebrate the occasion by working as we always do, each and every day of the year, to report[Read More…]
Immersing visitors in wild, wonderful W.Va. experiences
By Gailyn Jackson, For The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Each year, thousands of tourists wind their way through the Appalachian Mountains and settle in Fayette County — where, for the duration of their stay, regardless of its length, they have the opportunity to call Adventures on the Gorge their home.[Read More…]
Opinion: What is the biggest news of the 21st century?
By James A. Haught What’s the most significant occurrence so far in the 21st century? Worsening weather calamities caused by global warming? Endless suicide bombings and massacres by fanatics? Snowballing acceptance of gays as equal humans? Kakistocracy (government by the worst) under a ludicrous president who has told 10,000 countable lies? Child-molesting[Read More…]
