By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that would strip civil service system inclusion and access to grievance procedures from a wide swath of state employees. In a 69-30 vote Monday, the House approved House Bill 2013, which would remove all Bureau of[Read More…]
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Editorial: School lunches should have fresh, local food
The Logan Banner Fresh, healthy food on a school cafeteria tray if it was bought with a program begun during the COVID era? Not if the federal government has any say in it, which it does. Any aggressive, hasty and ideology-driven program will have what is euphemistically called “collateral damage”[Read More…]
Hancock County looking into cryptocurrency investment
By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times NEW CUMBERLAND — While there has been much attention on the county’s budget in recent weeks, Hancock County commissioners are looking into the possibility of investment in digital currency. As part of their meeting Thursday, commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between the[Read More…]
Reporter’s Notebook: Summer school
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel We’re on the countdown to Crossover Day Wednesday, when state Senate bills must cross over to the House of Delegates and vice versa in order to ensure these bills have a chance of making it to passage by midnight on Saturday,[Read More…]
West Virginia utilities, consumer groups raise concerns over energy
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A bill passed Thursday by the West Virginia Senate and a bill set for passage next week in the House of Delegates have something in common: Both bills are aimed at increasing base-load power with the goal of limiting[Read More…]
Local officials to discuss ‘State of the Corridor’
By Brad Johnson, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS — Local leaders from Randolph, Upshur and Lewis counties will gather for the second-ever “State of the Corridor” event later this month. The April 30 event, to take place at 11:30 a.m. at Magnolia Hall at Scott Hill in Elkins, is described as a[Read More…]
Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Statewide Health Initiatives Backed By Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
West Virginia Press Association MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – On Friday, Governor Patrick Morrisey was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to announce a series of statewide initiatives to make West Virginia healthy. These initiatives model the Trump administration and Secretary Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.[Read More…]
Statehouse beat: Federal cuts will hit W.Va. harder than other states
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail For reasons not entirely explicable, for the past few years legislative leaders have prided themselves on passing the Budget Bill by the 60th day of the regular session, avoiding the traditional post session, budget conference, when the session would be extended for a few days[Read More…]
West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industry generates $660M in revenue, drives job growth
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — In the 2023-2024 fiscal year alone, West Virginia’s natural gas and oil industry accounted for over $660 million in state revenue via severance and property taxes, according to information from the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia. The industry[Read More…]
Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Collaboration With Trump Administration To Bring Broadband Investments to West Virginia
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that West Virginia has been granted a 90-day extension to submit its final proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This action comes after the Governor met earlier this week[Read More…]
