By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Education Committee hotly debated but failed to vote on a bill to permit high schools to offer an elective Bible class. The committee took up SB 252 on Tuesday, the second day of its deliberations. The committee was clearly[Read More…]
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Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8 billion annually, study says
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The opioid epidemic is costing West Virginia’s economy an estimated $8.8 billion a year, according to an analysis by a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute. Among all states, West Virginia shoulders the highest per-capita economic burden caused by the opioid crisis.[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says Congress needs more respect for one another
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he faces a “hostile work environment” in Washington, D.C. One week after the West Virginia Democrat stood in applause for many of the points raised by President Donald Trump in his State of the[Read More…]
Barbour County mine “temporarily idled” during death investigation into first West Virginia miner fatality of 2018
By JONATHAN WEAVER NCWV Media PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Sentinel Mine in Barbour County, the site of Tuesday morning’s death of a Randolph County man, has been temporarily idled during an investigation into the fatality, Arch Coal spokeswoman Logan Bonacorsi said. “On behalf of Sentinel Mine, we are saddened to confirm[Read More…]
EPA paves way for West Virginia DEP to enforce state water quality standards
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON,W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection the green light to regulate the way the state enforces water pollution permit limits. House Bill 2506 passed in last year’s legislative session and requires the state to use an[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers discuss medical marijuana legislation that may come up this year
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Legislators may take up a bill relating to the state’s medical marijuana law that would remove caps for licenses on processors, dispensaries and growers, two lawmakers told the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Tuesday. Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, and Delegate Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, spoke[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes bill specifying conditions when it is unlawful to carry firearm at school-sponsored events
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill specifying conditions when it is unlawful to carry a firearm at school-sponsored functions passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday. Senate Bill 244 revises conditions under which people who have concealed handgun permits could carry a concealed handgun in their car while at[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate gas well bill heads to Judiciary Committee
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Education, Industry and Mining Committee unanimously approved on Tuesday a bill to ban post-production expenses from royalty checks for certain kinds of leases, and sent it on to the Judiciary Committee. Committee chair Randy Smith, R-Tucker, said he had[Read More…]
Shortened West Virginia House bill separates some DHHR agencies
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday evening approved a scaled-down version of the bill to break up the Department of Health and Human Resources. The original bill, a 500-pager, proposed to break DHHR into four separate entities. The[Read More…]
Sen. Beach aims to create new West Virginia sports hall of fame
By SEAN McNAMARA Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Over the last month, West Virginia sports icons have been front and center in the news. Back in January, Marion County native Nick Saban won his sixth college football national championship as a coach. On Saturday, Kanawha County native Randy Moss was[Read More…]
