By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The bill to allow private companies to sponsor highway rest areas passed another milestone April 4, winning unanimous approval of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. HB 2694 would allow the Division of Highways to obtain private sponsorships for rest areas,[Read More…]
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United Way director: Bill would hurt local charities
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An effort to clean up political contributions may inadvertently turn into a means to clean out one of the biggest fundraising methods for nonprofit organizations in West Virginia. The goal of Senate Bill 239 was to prevent political contributions from being made via[Read More…]
Evan Jenkins announces mobile office hours
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., has announced his mobile office hours for April. At the mobile office locations, members of Jenkins’ staff will be available to help 3rd District residents who need assistance with federal benefits, including Social Security, Medicare and disability. Constituents are encouraged to[Read More…]
Chocolatier readies for Ripley’s West Virginia Chocolate Festival
By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — For Wendy Staats, everything is centered around holidays and special occasions. There are birthdays, parties, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. And then there’s the West Virginia Chocolate Festival. Staats, the owner of Sweet Dreams Chocolate in Ravenswood, has been making chocolate for the[Read More…]
10 things to know today: Wednesday, April 5
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NORTH KOREA FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE The worry is that Pyongyang might conduct nuclear or long-range[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Wednesday, April 5
W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. RESOLUTIONS SCR 60: Designating 2017 as Robert C. Byrd Centennial Legacy Year SCR[Read More…]
W.Va. Broadband bill passes Senate Government Organization
By Lexi Browning The West Virginia Press AssociationCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Efforts to expand the reach of broadband services into underserved or unserved areas in the Mountain State passed the Senate Government Organization Committee Tuesday. House Bill 3093, lead-sponsored by Delegate Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, would also reestablish the Broadband Enhancement Council under[Read More…]
Justice’s optimism on reaching WV budget pact fading
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With five days left in the West Virginia Legislature’s 2017 session, the moves are accelerating in the chess match that is the state budget process, with all indications at the moment that the game will end in a stalemate. The Senate, in[Read More…]
Medical marijuana legislation amended in WV Senate
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The use of medical marijuana in leaf form would be prohibited under an amendment to a legislation narrowly approved by the West Virginia House of Delegates. Senate Bill 386, a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state, had[Read More…]
Environmental groups urge changes to coal bill
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Environmental organizations and citizen groups turned out Monday to urge lawmakers to strip from a coal industry bill language that would force state regulators to remove consideration of the diversity of aquatic communities when they assess the health of West Virginia’s[Read More…]