By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University; Dr. Jerome Gilbert, President, Marshall University; and H. Woody Thrasher, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce On the heels of Governor Justice’s State of the State address and the start of the Legislative session, many ideas and strategies for the[Read More…]
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Editorial: WV Auditor’s website – wvsao.gov – will add transparency to state projects
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington Within the next several days, residents of West Virginia are slated to have a clearer window into how their state government spends their money. That’s the word from state Auditor J.B. McCuskey, who earlier this month said his office is ready to roll out new[Read More…]
Proposed constitutional amendment on abortion goes to WV House of Delegates
By Erin Beck The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A proposed amendment to the West Virginia Constitution that would state nothing within the constitution protects abortion rights now goes to the House of Delegates for consideration. The state Senate voted 25-9 Friday to pass Senate Joint Resolution 12, the “no constitutional[Read More…]
Oil and natural gas industry’s biggest bill of WV Legislative session moves out of committee
By Kate Mishkin The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow companies to drill on minority mineral owners’ land without their consent moved from committee to the House of Delegates floor Friday afternoon, but not without an hour of public comments and nearly three hours of committee[Read More…]
Correctional employee pay raise bill moves in WV House of Delegates
By KELSIE LEROSE The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINS BURG, W.Va. – Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted Friday on a proposed amendment to House Bill 4142 that, if passed, would increase the proposed pay raise to state correctional employees that have regular contact with inmates. Eleven delegates[Read More…]
Opinion: At The Capitol — Gov. Justice meeting with teachers at town hall meetings
By Phil Kabler For The West Virginia Press Association As the Legislature passed the midway point of the 60-day regular session, the biggest development of the week was not at the Capitol, but in Logan and Lewisburg, as Gov. Jim Justice launched the first of a series of town hall[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Legislature should stop politics, end attacks on women’s health issues, access to abortion
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: Strident social conservatives are at it again at the state capitol, trying to gin up reasons to pass legislation that would restrict access to abortion for all women – especially the poor – in West Virginia. Don’t be fooled by the political deception. This isn’t[Read More…]
Chanda Adkins appointed to WV House of Delegates’ District 31
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Chanda Adkins of Raleigh County to the House of Delegates District 31 seat vacated by Lynne Arvon, who was appointed to the state Senate. Adkins was sworn in Friday. The two other names submitted to the[Read More…]
Charleston, WV, screenings of Heroin(e) documentary set for mid-February
CHARLESTON, W.V. – University of Charleston and the Governor’s Mansion will house screenings of Oscar-nominated documentary, Heroin(e), directed and produced by West Virginia native, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, on February 15, 2018. The documentary follows the efforts of three women—a fire chief, a judge and a street missionary— as they battle[Read More…]
