MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A number of West Virginia University faculty are available to discuss issues related to the Executive Order signed Friday (Jan. 27) by President Donald Trump suspending entry into the United States “of both nonimmigrants and immigrants” from at least seven countries for 90 days or more from the[Read More…]
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Walk-in services scaled back at state tax department locations
Release from the W.Va. Tax Department: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Effective immediately walk-in services at West Virginia State Tax Department locations across the state are being scaled back because of budgetary and staffing constraints. As a part of the reconfiguration of walk-in services, Tax Department employees will no longer be permitted to[Read More…]
WVU holds forum, vigil over immigration ban
By BEN CONLEY The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU needs and supports its international students. It’s too early to know. Those two statements, in various forms, sum up much of the open forum held Jan. 30 in the Mountainlair in reaction to the executive order signed Friday by President[Read More…]
Marshall President Gilbert addresses Trump’s executive order
By WILLIE IZZO The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Students, staff and faculty gathered in room BE 5 of the Memorial Student Center Monday for a forum regarding President Donald Trump’s executive orders and specifically how they affect Marshall University’s international student population. The meeting was announced early Monday via a[Read More…]
Manchin voices concern over Trump refugee order
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As about 100 people gathered outside U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office in Charleston to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that banned people from several countries from entering the United States, Manchin said Trump’s executive order was “not a common-sense approach.” “As[Read More…]
In letter, Justice again tries to address conflicts of interest
By ANDREW BROWN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In an attempt to address concerns about conflicts between his new office and his old businesses, Gov. Jim Justice sent a letter to state employees Monday saying he doesn’t “want a thing from this office.” “The last thing I want is a[Read More…]
New DHHR eligibility system could cost $477M
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — DHHR officials want to buy a new computing system that tracks people’s eligibility in agency programs, such as Medicaid, and the services they receive. It would replace three outdated systems, according to agency officials. On Monday, state officials opened bids on the[Read More…]
House, Senate members challenge stream rule
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Local representatives have sponsored resolutions to block an anti-pollution rule supported by the previous administration. The House and Senate resolutions would overturn the stream protection rule finalized in December by the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining and[Read More…]
JUST BREATHE: The roles of choice, industry and chance in W.Va.’s high rates of lung disease
By LISA SHREWSBERRY The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although heart disease often dominates West Virginia’s woeful health headlines, lung disease remains a brutal reality. West Virginia has one of the highest rates of lung and bronchus cancer in the United States — 82.8 per 100,000 people, according to 2015[Read More…]
Local activists protest Sessions at Capitol office in Martinsburg
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Women’s March on Washington, D.C. organizers gathered outside of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., Foxcroft Avenue office on Monday to protest the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for Attorney General. The rally gathered at 4 p.m. and event[Read More…]