By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Area legislators are excited to head back to Charleston this week for the start of the 2018 legislative session thanks to the freedom of a positive budget. Last year, legislators returned with a budget crisis looming over their heads, but estimates for[Read More…]
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Editorial: West Virginia and Virginia legislatures facing different obstacles
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: The upcoming legislative sessions in Charleston and Richmond, Va., could prove to be an interesting contrast of cooperation and chaos. In West Virginia, Republicans are now in full control of the House, Senate and the governor’s mansion. Jim Justice, who was elected to office as a[Read More…]
Editorial: Bring natural gas storage hub to W.Va.
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: West Virginia may well have an advantage over other potential locations for a major facility to store natural gas liquids. State officials and our delegation in Congress should pull out all the stops to make the project a reality for the Mountain State. Area residents[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: U.S. Sen. Shelley Capito says biggest challenge for GOP is keeping Donald Trump focused on his job
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Capito says the biggest challenge facing Congress is keeping President Donald Trump mentally concentrated on issues at hand. Capito, R-W.Va., surprised state media Friday with an unscheduled stop at the annual West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead gathering of[Read More…]
Ready for a family trip to a WV Ski resort? West Virginia’s newspapers offer help
From the West Virginia Press Association: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Christmas is over, it’s 2018, the weather is cold and West Virginia’s Tourism Office and the state’s ski industry are ready to host you and your family for a day, evening or weekend. Has your family visited one of the Mountain State’s six ski areas this[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Co-tenancy for natural gas drilling to be one of top energy issues of W.Va. Legislative session
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators anticipate co-tenancy to be one of the top energy issues to come up in this year’s West Virginia legislative session. Delegate Bill Anderson, R-Wood, said his vision is to enact such legislation, which he believes will simplify the process when there[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Delegate says Wood County ethane cracker plant ‘wasn’t to be’
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. – While the minority chairman of the House Finance Committee said he hasn’t heard the planned cracker plant in Wood County is dead, he said Friday that the project “wasn’t to be.”“I went to the announcement in Parkersburg … several[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Teacher vacancies, salaries lead education discussion for W.Va. legislative session
By MARY ANN HEATH The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teacher salaries and accountability, the opioid crisis and school funding took the forefront as top education issues facing the state during the 2018 Legislative Lookahead Friday in Charleston. The day-long event, hosted by the West Virginia Press Association, featured[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: U.S. Sen. Capito says federal tax reform plan good for W.Va.
By Rusty Marks The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., told a group of newspaper reporters, lawmakers and lobbyists on Friday that she believes the federal tax reform bill passed by Congress on Dec. 20 will help the vast majority of West Virginians. “While it’s[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. leaders confident in state’s finances as legislative session nears
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling CHARLESTON — Leaders in the West Virginia Legislature say they’re confident there just might be money in the state budget to move West Virginia forward this year. A discussion about the state’s budget, and the “West Virginia Forward”study commissioned by West Virginia University, took[Read More…]
