By ALAN OLSON The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Planners from a Pittsburgh-based sustainable living alliance met with Ohio, Marshall and Tucker County educators to meet and promote a collective vision for a cleaner future at numerous Ohio Valley schools. Representatives from the Green and Healthy Schools[Read More…]
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West Virginia University music faculty nominated for Grammy
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An album recorded and produced by West Virginia University faculty in the College of Creative Arts has received a nomination for a 2018 Grammy Award in the Best Classical Compendium category. Lucy Mauro, associate professor of piano, and Mark Benincosa, recording engineer and instructor of[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, January 22
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SENATE VOTE MAY TEMPORARILY END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Democrats could agree to a three-week spending measure,[Read More…]
West Virginia’s tech economy to be showcased at State Capitol March 1
Release from TechConnect West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s innovation economy, which employs over 48,000 people in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related fields, will be on full display at the State Capitol from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 1 during Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day. The[Read More…]
Media Alert: West Virginia State Tax Department posts information on personal income tax modifications
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The West Virginia State Tax Department has posted information on its website, tax.wv.gov, about increasing and decreasing West Virginia Personal Income Tax modifications. It can be searched and found as the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act and available at the link below. http://tax.wv.gov/Individuals/Pages/WestVirginiaPersonalIncomeTaxAct.aspx
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Jan. 22
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 13th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Women’s and Girls’ Day; W.Va. Association of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse Counselors, Inc. in the Upper House, Senate Rotundas and Well Area; WV Economic Development Council Legislative Reception, 5-7 p.m. at Embassy Suites SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11[Read More…]
W.Va. citizens, activists gather at state Capitol for women’s rally
By Caity Coyne The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nineteen years ago, Terra Muncy met her partner, Angela Adkins, at a West Virginia Pride event Muncy was helping organize in Charleston. With nearly two more decades of advocacy under their belts, the two were among roughly 100 people Saturday gathered[Read More…]
Statehouse Beat: Government lobbyist spending down in W.Va., including Greenbrier events
By Phil Kabler The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lobbyists spent a total of $87,669 on public officials during the September-December reporting period, down considerably from $188,266 during that period in 2016 (buoyed by campaign contributions, according to disclosures filed with the state Ethics Commission. The spending includes three events[Read More…]
Editorial: Demanding less from W.Va. Students is a mistake
The Intelligencer of Wheeling, W.Va.: If they have a choice, local public school officials in the Northern Panhandle should not go along with the state Board of Education’s move to water down high school graduation requirements. West Virginia students already lag behind those of many other states in performance on[Read More…]
West Virginia SNAP work policies addressed in HB 4001
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill that would impose a work requirement to be eligible to receive public assistance is being criticized as harmful to West Virginia’s poor as well as local businesses, but lawmakers proposing the bill say the goal is to make[Read More…]
