From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Members of a task force appointed by Gov. Jim Justice to find “a permanent solution” to the Public Employees Insurance Agency are to hold their initial meeting on Tuesday. Let us hope their first step is to agree to find a real solution, not just[Read More…]
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Several bills await reconciliation as WV legislative session nears end
By Jake Zuckerman The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This year’s regular legislative session ends Saturday at midnight, and a stack of bills have passed both chambers in different form. Before bills arrive on the desk of Gov. Jim Justice, the House of Delegates and the Senate must pass identical[Read More…]
WV Senate votes to dismantle Dept. of Ed and Arts; final decision on Saturday
By Ryan Quinn Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate narrowly passed a bill Friday afternoon to do away with the state Department of Education and the Arts. House Bill 4006 passed 18-15, with Senate Education Chairman Kenny Mann, R-Monroe, absent. All Democrats voted against it, as did[Read More…]
Sports betting bill will become law in West Virginia
Work on state’s budget continues into final day of legislative session By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Friday he will allow the sports betting bill adopted by the Legislature to become law, which means West Virginia’s four racetracks and The Greenbrier resort —[Read More…]
WV House of Delegates deals with 32 bills, resolutions Friday
BY DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A resolution to allow West Virginia voters to decide if the Legislature should control the state Supreme Court’s budget moved one step closer to reality on Friday, as the House of Delegates approved an amended version of it and sent it[Read More…]
WV House Democrats delay passage of budget
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature got one step closer to passing a budget Friday night, with the House of Delegates wrapping its budget into the Senate’s. The House moved to suspend constitutional rules Friday night in order to advance the[Read More…]
WV Gov. Jim Justice signs natural gas co-tenancy bill
From the office of Governor Jim Justice: CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today signed HB 4268 that will allow oil and gas development to occur in cases where there are seven or more royalty owners and at least 75 percent of the undivided interest owners of the oil and[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes cyberbullying bill
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill making cyberbullying directed at minors a crime passed the Senate unanimously Friday at the State Capitol. Senator Lynne Arvon, R-Raleigh, rose in support of Senate Bill 2655, saying she personally became keenly aware of cyberbullying as recently as the[Read More…]
West Virginia superintendent: Schools must make up missed days
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Individual county school districts are to make their own decisions on how best to reschedule nine days lost during the statewide teachers strike, West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Steven Paine said Thursday. Each county best knows its own needs in rescheduling the remainder of[Read More…]
HD Media wins bid for Charleston Newspapers after rival withdraws
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — HD Media, the parent company of The Herald-Dispatch, is the successful bidder for the purchase of bankrupt Charleston Newspapers after the withdrawal of a bid previously made by Ogden Newspapers. HD Media managing member Doug Reynolds said he had bid $11,487,243 for the organization, compared with[Read More…]
