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Trump budget cuts environmental, safety programs

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As West Virginia lawmakers look to roll back environmental standards and worker safety protections, the Trump administration is proposing significant cuts in federal agencies responsible for safeguarding workers, communities and the environment. President Donald Trump, in a budget blueprint made public Thursday, proposed[Read More…]

Committee strips abortion bill

By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The House Health Committee took a bill to expand physician notification requirements for performing an abortion on an unemancipated minor, stripped everything out of it and left a bill that makes a few tweaks to existing law. HB 2002 defines unemancipated[Read More…]

10 things to know: Friday, March 17

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 17, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WORRIES ABOUT ESPIONAGE HAVE LONG HISTORY U.S. intelligence agencies have been concerned for years[Read More…]

10 things to know: Thursday, March 16

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, March 16, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. COURT REMOVES SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT The unanimous ruling caps a stunning fall for Park[Read More…]

Senate passes bill to cut DMV appeals office over objections

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to eliminate the Division of Motor Vehicles’ Office of Administrative Appeals (SB 212) advanced from the Senate Monday on a 27-7 vote, over objections that it could allow drunk drivers to keep their driver’s licenses. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Trump, R-Morgan,[Read More…]

10 things to know: Tuesday, March 14

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CRITICS OF GOP HEALTH BILL GET AMMO FROM BUDGET SCORE A few House and Senate[Read More…]

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