The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills introduced on Feb. 13. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 268, would require counties to maintain an online directory of information now optional, such as county official contact information, ordinances, meeting minutes, meeting dates. Would also require Class[Read More…]
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Bill advancing that would eliminate WV Courtesy Patrol
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature is again considering a bill that would eliminate the state’s Courtesy Patrol. Members of the House of Delegates Road and Transportation Committee voted Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 to send a bill that would eliminate the roadside assistance[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate set to repeal outdated medical provisions
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate are moving four different bills that would repeal medical provisions in obsolete sections of state code. The bills passed through first reading Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 and are expected to reach a floor vote later[Read More…]
Lawmaker pushing bill to make opioid overdose reversal drug available in schools
By WENDY HOLDREN Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, is working again this Legislative session to get the opioid overdose reversal drug, Naloxone, into schools across the state. Stollings said some might argue the bill, SB-36, is moot because naloxone can now be purchased without a[Read More…]
Showing support: Residents rally to stand behind former chief
By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — About two dozen community members gathered at Elkins City Hall Monday afternoon for a rally supporting former Elkins Police Chief Craig Cross and law enforcement as a whole. Cross resigned from the department on Feb. 6, just days before a memo he[Read More…]
Pew Trust: WV ‘tremendous turnaround story’ for pensions
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Researchers from the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation called West Virginia’s public employee pension funds a “tremendous turnaround story,” going from the nation’s worst-funded pensions as recently as 2000 to being the 20th best-funded plans in 2015. “We have to point to West Virginia[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, Feb. 14
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP’S SENIOR TEAM UPENDED Embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns, following reports that[Read More…]
Media Alert: Families visiting Capitol in fight against child poverty
Release from Our Children, Our Future Campaign: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Our Children, Our Future Campaign is convening the 2017 Our Children, Our Future Day at the Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 14, to advocate for 12 policy proposals that the group believes will help fight child poverty in West Virginia. The day will include 30+[Read More…]
Oil, Natural Gas industry officials meet with W.Va. legislative leaders
Release from the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Industry and W.Va. legislative leaders outlined the importance of the oil and natural gas industry to West Virginia’s future during a brief press conference Monday at the Capitol rotunda. The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 14
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: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 Senate convenes at 11 a.m. The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 8: Donnie Adkins Memorial Bridge SCR 9: Ingram’s[Read More…]
