WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Just four years after its creation, West Virginia University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program is receiving national and state accolades for furthering the professionalism of the tourism industry through education and training. The program in the College of Business and Economics was presented with the Excellence in Tourism Education Award at the[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Friday, February 2
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW #RELEASETHEMEMO ROSE FROM OBSCURITY A secret congressional report on the Russia investigation has become[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Friday, Feb. 2
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Friday, Feb. 2 Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 24th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On the Agenda: RESOLUTIONS SR 25: Designating February 2, 2018, as Dental Hygienists[Read More…]
Enthusiastic crowd greets vice president in White Sulphur Springs
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald HARTS RUN, W.Va. — An enthusiastic crowd of around 120 people greeted Vice President Mike Pence at Worldwide Equipment Inc. Wednesday afternoon. Joined by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Pence delivered a high-energy speech that began by touting[Read More…]
Manchin calls Pence remarks ‘partisan’ after VP bashes West Virginia Senator’s voting record
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Vice President Mike Pence didn’t endorse any candidate in West Virginia’s GOP Senate primary race Wednesday, but instead offered all of them a free brow-beating of incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Speaking at Worldwide Equipment Inc. in Lewisburg before the GOP congressional retreat[Read More…]
House passes bill to dissolve Department of Education and the Arts
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed 60-36 Wednesday, for the second consecutive year, a bill to eliminate the state Department of Education and the Arts and the position of its secretary, Gayle Manchin, while moving its agencies to other departments. Secretary[Read More…]
House passes bill to dismantle West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a little more than an hour of debate, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted Wednesday to eliminate the position of the secretary of the Education and Arts and to divvy up agencies and programs under its purview. Proponents of House[Read More…]
Carmichael: Senate unlikely to OK West Virginia teacher pay amendments, working on PEIA relief
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said the Senate will take up two amendments Thursday to give larger pay raises to public school teachers, but said it’s doubtful the Senate majority will adopt either one. “At this point, we’re committed to being fiscally[Read More…]
Officials: Amendment needed to remove ‘Greatest Impediment’ to W.Va. Economy
By JIM WORKMAN West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Industrial personal property tax is destructive to the economic health of the state of West Virginia, state officials said Wednesday, adding that a recent West Virginia Forward report by West Virginia University and Marshall University with the Department of Commerce calls[Read More…]
Ohio, W.Va. congressional reps discuss train accident
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney was leaning back in his seat, relaxing, on the train carrying him and other Republican lawmakers from the nation’s capital to the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va He said he might have even[Read More…]
