By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s House Finance Committee advanced to the full House of Delegates, on a nearly party-line vote Friday, a bill that would dismantle the state Department of Education and the Arts. During the House Finance meeting, the House Judiciary Committee sent[Read More…]
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House Bill would eliminate West Virginia film tax credits
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A bill eliminating the film tax credits in West Virginia is going to the governor for his signature. The House of Delegates on Friday passed Senate Bill 263, which passed the Senate last week. It discontinues film tax credits[Read More…]
Utopia Pipeline sending Ohio Valley ethane to Canada
Operation up and running after clearing hurdles By CASEY JUNKINS The Wheeling News-Register WHEELING — After hundreds of eminent domain lawsuits, several route adjustments and at least $500 million worth of investments, Kinder Morgan is pumping Marcellus and Utica shale ethane from the Cadiz area to Michigan for export to[Read More…]
Editorial: WV educators should reject idea of a strike
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Questioned about challenges facing public education in West Virginia, teachers sometimes respond that they’re doing the best they can with what they have. So are Mountain State taxpayers. Now, as many are preparing to do their state income tax returns and are thinking about paying[Read More…]
Editorial: Martinsburg, WV, response to opioid crisis is innovative
From The Journal of Martinsburg: It is often observed that what defines an individual’s character is not whether they never fall, but what they do after they’ve fallen. The same can be said of a community. For years the Eastern Panhandle has been in the grips of a devastating drug[Read More…]
Editorial: West Virginia needs to increase tourism promotion
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: West Virginia has many wonderful places to visit and vacation. But probably most people in the eastern half of the United States know very little about what the state has to offer. So, if there is a “no-brainer” in Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed budget, increasing[Read More…]
WVDNR announce trout stocking for the week of Jan. 22-26
ELKINS, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reports the following waters were stocked the week of Jan. 22, 2018: Anthony Creek Blackwater River Chief Cornstalk Lake East Fork Greenbrier River Elk River Elk River (C&R) Glady Fork Howards Creek (Greenbrier) Huey Lake Little River East Fork Greenbrier River[Read More…]
W.Va. House of Delegates bill would make cyberbullying a crime
Delegates Blair and Higginbotham – class of 2014 – two of bill’s sponsors By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cyberbullying is a problem for minors in West Virginia, which often leads to poor self-esteem, substance abuse and even suicide. The state legislature is taking on the[Read More…]
This week in the West Virginia House of Delegates: Jan. 22-26
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia House of Delegates this week passed a long-debated reform to ensure equal representation among state’s delegate districts, while also passing 17 other bills, including measures to protect citizens’ privacy and boost consumer protections against deceptive telemarketers. On Monday, the House passed House Bill 4002<http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4002&year=2018&sessiontype=RS>,[Read More…]
At the Capitol: W.Va. Governor, legislators to improve 1 percent pay raise for teacher, state employees?
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With representatives of teacher and state employee groups fuming that a proposed 1 percent pay raise is more of an insult than a reward, legislators worked to sweeten the deal on the pay raise package. Senate Finance Committee[Read More…]
