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Incentive electric rates for new WV businesses are announced
By FRED PACE HD Media WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power, along with Wheeling Power, are offering new or expanding businesses an extra incentive to operate in West Virginia — a discount on their electric service. “We’re looking at every possible tool we can provide to make our state more competitive[Read More…]
Union leaders call for West Virginia public school workers strike beginning today
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A little less than a year since the start of West Virginia’s first statewide public school workers strike, leaders of the state’s three major school employee unions called Monday evening for another strike to begin, starting Tuesday, over the education overhaul bill.[Read More…]
Intermediate appeals court bill passes W.Va. Senate
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The nearly decade-long effort to create an intermediate appeals court underneath the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals took one step closer to creation Monday. The state Senate passed Senate Bill 266, the West Virginia Appellate Reorganization Act,[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 19
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 42nd Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Nurses Unity Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas; Re‐Entry and Recovery Day, Attorney General Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, February 19
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about[Read More…]
Mayors sign letter asking WV Senate to take up nondiscrimination bill
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The mayors of 12 municipalities throughout West Virginia have sent a letter urging state lawmakers to take up a bill to apply nondiscrimination policy for sexual orientation and gender identity. The mayors who signed the letter and their respective municipalities are: Amy Goodwin, of Charleston[Read More…]
What campus carry could look like on WVU’s campus
By JOE SEVERINO The Daily Athenaeum After years of being able to successfully defend against various campus carry bills from going into law, WVU is now preparing for the very real possibility of guns being allowed on campus. House Bill 2519, or the “Campus Carry” bill, if passed, would allow[Read More…]
West Virginia DMV commissioner grilled over missing and incomplete reports
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles was on the hot seat Friday over why her office has dragged its feet in submitting required reports on its implementation of automatic voter registration. The House Government[Read More…]
WVU oncologist researches new treatment for cervical and vaginal cancers
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Cervical cancer can be insidious. Changes to the cervix are often detected with a pap smear, but for those with limited access to health care, cervical and vaginal cancers can go unnoticed for years—silently growing, spreading and invading other organs—and by the time they’re detected,[Read More…]
