By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday will bring the release of a report crafted by 270 scientists from 67 countries for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It will outline how to adapt to the rapidly growing threat to global health as greenhouse gas emissions blanket Earth.[Read More…]
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Opinion: West Virginia should restore freedom to vote to those with past convictions
By Jason Huffman, Dijon Stokes and Diego Echeverri The freedom to vote in fair and free elections is absolutely essential to our republic. Amid all the division and disagreement in politics today, such a simple statement is one all of us can agree to. The freedom to vote is one that[Read More…]
WV Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee looks at funding for Office of Oil and Gas
By Autumn Sheldon, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Recent layoffs in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas have left only nine inspectors to ensure the safety of 75,000 oil and gas wells, both active and abandoned, throughout the state. Some state officials[Read More…]
WV Senate’s Health and Human Resources Committee approves EMS restrictions, creates ‘pathway’ for out of state nurses
By Matthew Young, WV Press News Service CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Senate’s Health and Human Resources Committee on Thursday discussed several bills that could alter the landscape of West Virginia’s hospitals and prescription policies. SB 655, which seeks to authorize “tactical medical professionals to carry firearms,” SB 703,[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers weigh in on Ukraine invasion
By Shelley Hanson and Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Russian forces moved further into Ukraine on Thursday, members of United States Congress from both West Virginia and Ohio decried the day’s events. Russian armed forces entered its western neighbor in the early hours of Thursday morning,[Read More…]
Bill that would limit homeless shelters, encampments advances in West Virginia House
By Lori Kersey and Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would restrict where homeless shelters and encampments could exist within West Virginia’s municipalities. House Bill 4753 would prevent municipalities from authorizing or permitting homeless encampments within 1,000 feet of a[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes bipartisan foster care system bill
By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill designed to make improvements to West Virginia’s foster care system passed the House of Delegates on Wednesday with wide bipartisan support. The House passed House Bill 4344, relating to foster care, in a 99-1 vote with only Del. Marty[Read More…]
U. S. Representative Carol Miller tours Nucor site in Mason County, W.Va.
By Fred Pace, The Herald-Dispatch APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Carol Miller visited the site of a planned steel mill in Mason County on Thursday afternoon, along with officials from the Mason County Economic Development Authority. “We have the potential of at least 800 to 1,000 jobs right here[Read More…]
WVU School of Nursing training nurses to meet staff shortages in state and beyond
WVU TodayWest Virginia University is building a pipeline of nurses to fill the shortage in health care systems across the country. On multiple campuses, the School of Nursing is meeting students where they are, from Morgantown to Keyser, Beckley to Charleston and Bridgeport including undergraduate programs, online graduate programs and continuing education. Quotes: AUDIO[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Press release from the Office of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin: Charleston, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Cybersecurity Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s invasion is a blatant act of war against Ukraine. This[Read More…]
