By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — While legislators stayed in session in Charleston, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continued his statewide tour talking to West Virginians during a town hall event in Huntington on Wednesday. Within the span of an hour Wednesday evening, Justice answered questions about everything from[Read More…]
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Justice: Cuts to higher education “destructive”
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herarld CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after switching on the State of Emergency lantern to highlight proposed reductions under legislative leadership’s budget framework, Gov. Jim Justice said proposed cuts to higher education could be “destructive.” In a Wednesday news release, Justice said the proposed framework means[Read More…]
Bill eliminating Regional Education Service Agencies in West Virginia advances
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — School districts in West Virginia would get an extra year to form cooperative agreements for services presently provided by the state’s eight regional service education agencies under legislation now on its way to the House Finance Committee. House Education[Read More…]
WV House votes to push for daily Amtrak service
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to promote daily service for the Amtrak Cardinal passenger train passed the House of Delegates Wednesday on a 95-5 vote (HB2856), with advocates saying it would benefit tourism and economic development in southern West Virginia. “It’s going to be a wonderful[Read More…]
Senate increases penalties for child abuse, House promotes Cardinal service
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate passed a bill on Wednesday, March 22 that would increase the prison sentence for child abuse by a parent or guardian that results in the death of a child. Current law puts a penalty of[Read More…]
Greyhound bill advances in Senate: Breeders fund would be eliminated
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News and Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A bill to eliminate West Virginia’s Greyhound Breeders Fund will get a vote on the Senate floor. The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced Senate Bill 437, which would discontinue the West Virginia Racing Commission’s special account[Read More…]
Lawmakers consider drug info repository
By DANYEL VANREENAN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers in Charleston generally agree that the drug epidemic across the state is a top priority, and 11 state representatives — including Delegate Eric Householder, R-Berkeley — co-sponsored a bill to create an office of drug control policy for the state, where[Read More…]
Emmaleigh’s law passed by Senate
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would increase the penalties for child abuse cases causing death. Called Emmaleigh’s Law, the measure stemmed from a case out of Jackson County in which 10-month-old Emmaleigh Barringer died of a skull fracture.[Read More…]
Senate passes Emmaleigh’s Law
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate unanimously passed Emmaleigh’s Law on March 22. It increases the penalties for child abuse causing death by a parent or guardian. And two local senators took time Wednesday to address Gov. Jim Justice’s March 21 taunts of the Legislature[Read More…]
Marshall, WVU leaders implore legislators against budget cuts
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The leaders of the two largest universities in West Virginia are calling on legislators to find a way to save funding for the state’s higher education institutions. In joint statements from Marshall University and West Virginia University, Marshall President Jerome Gilbert and WVU[Read More…]
