By JOSELYN KING The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — A Hancock County delegate has reintroduced a bill to eliminate Common Core education standards in West Virginia. Delegate Pat McGeehan, a Republican from the Northern Panhandle county, said the state’s way to educate students is “confused and convoluted” and taxpayers should[Read More…]
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House committee approves campaign fund bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Feb. 15 to require incumbent legislators to promptly disclose campaign fundraisers held during legislative sessions. As amended in committee, HB 2319 requires a legislator running for legislative office who holds a fundraiser to disclose[Read More…]
House to vote on Erin’s Law
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates will vote on a freshly revised version of HB 2099, Erin’s Law, on Feb. 17. The bill updates 2010’s Erin’s Law — named for Fairmont resident and WVU nursing student Erin Keener, who was killed in a[Read More…]
Tax change, school bills introduced in Legislature
The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills introduced Feb.16. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 335, to prospectively repeal the consumer sales and service tax, the use tax and the personal income tax, to enact the general consumption tax law and the temporary single rate[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Feb. 7
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. PAKISTANIS QUESTION SECURITY AFTER SHRINE BLAST A day after a suicide bombing by the[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Friday, Feb. 17 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: Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: [Read More…]
‘Ryan Brown’ addiction bill passed to House Finance
Legislation to assist recovering addicts named for West Virginia youth who succumbed to drugs By Lexi Browning For The West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse passed legislation Thursday afternoon that could allow citizens to lobby private organizations for additional funding[Read More…]
Freshman Delegate Evans works for district priorities
McDowell delegate on losing side of Courtesy Patrol committee vote By Lexi Browning For The West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For freshman Delegate Ed Evans, D-McDowell, the first two weeks of this year’s legislative session have been a learning process. Evans, who retired from the education system after 35[Read More…]
Justice: Plan will give the state life
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is urging residents to call legislators and ask them to support his budget proposal, saying if his plan is not adopted, the state will die. In his approximately three-minute long video released Wednesday, Justice once again compared the state’s[Read More…]
Justice’s budget includes $8M for WV Capitol dome repair
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s 2017-18 West Virginia budget plan includes proposed tax increases and spending cuts, but few new appropriations. It’s notable, then, that the proposed budget includes an $8 million appropriation for repairs to the Capitol dome. “We’ve had a water leak,[Read More…]
