WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Friday, April 2. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 142,653 Current Active Cases – 6,642 Total Lab Results reported – 2,470,989 Cumulative positive test percentage –[Read More…]
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West Virginia State Treasurer looking to online database for unclaimed property notice
By Erika Diehl, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer Riley Moore wants to return more unclaimed property to the people of West Virginia and says his office’s online database is the key in achieving his goal. The House Government Organization Committee on Thursday, amended and then passed[Read More…]
Miss West Virginia Jr. High collects thousands of pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House
By Jessica Wilt, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Cheyanne Buhrts’ heart is in helping others — no doubt about it. A girl of many talents, that’s where her true passion lies, her platform as Miss West Virginia Junior High only helping open more opportunities for the Musselman Middle student to[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate Education rewrites, OKs transgender athlete bill
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Senate Education Committee took up and approved on Thursday a very different version of the bill regarding transgender athletes. HB 3293, as it came from the House of Delegates, would bar transgender athletes from participating on single-sex sports teams under jurisdiction[Read More…]
Tax increase with West Virginia personal income tax plan draws more opposition
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s plan to gradually end the personal income tax in the state is running into some opposition, especially concerning the proposed hikes in sales taxes to make up for the revenue loss. Justice wants to amend state Code and cut[Read More…]
West Virginia U.S. Senators weigh in on increase of migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
By Charles Young, WV News LAREDO, Texas (WV News) — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have each recently visited the U.S.-Mexico border, where an influx of migrants has pushed immigration reform back to the forefront of political discourse. Manchin visited the Laredo, Texas, area on Thursday[Read More…]
West Virginia House committee passes amended syringe exchange bill
By Taylor Stuck, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee on Thursday passed an amended version of the bill pertaining to syringe exchanges in West Virginia. Senate Bill 334 establishes a licensing program within the state Department of Health and Human Resources for harm[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate starts advancing proposal to give Legislature final say on state school board policies
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After nearly a month of the proposal not advancing, the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee suddenly furthered Thursday a constitutional amendment that would let lawmakers amend and reject the state Board of Education’s policies. The state school board’s policies set, among other[Read More…]
West Virginia Schools moving forward with standardized testing
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Standardized testing in West Virginia schools will still take place this school year, even though student learning platforms haven’t been typical. “Absolutely it is going to happen,” said Walt Saunders, assessment and federal programs director for Ohio County Schools. “It’s a federal mandate. We[Read More…]
March tax revenue continues trend of surplus collections for West Virginia
By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With just three months left in the current fiscal year, March tax collections continued a trend of monthly tax collections coming in above estimates. According to a report released Thursday by the Senate Finance Committee, March tax revenues for the general[Read More…]