By Matt Young, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The duties of the secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation will be spelled out in state code is SB 610 ends up as law this legislative session. The West Virginia Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met on Tuesday[Read More…]
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Advocates warn that if Senate Bill 181 fails, help for West Virginians in crisis may be delayed
WV Suicide Lifeline funding increase at risk WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 14-year-old girl calls the WV Suicide Lifeline in the middle of the night. She has been cutting herself, and tonight she’s thinking of going further. She remembers she promised her school counselor she’d call the number[Read More…]
Volunteer fire departments seek WV Legislature’s support for recruitment efforts
Officials see difficulties ahead unless problem as addressed WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s volunteer fire departments — the last line of protection for thousands of West Virginia families — are supporting legislation that will allow them to strengthen service to their communities and overcome what has become[Read More…]
Victim advocacy groups convene virtually at West Virginia Capitol to end domestic violence
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Victim advocacy groups met virtually today at the state capitol as part of their effort to end domestic violence. Tuesday was Domestic Violence Awareness Day at the Legislature The groups had a presence all day on the lower rotunda and held a press conference[Read More…]
WV Senate Military Committee looks to expand education benefits for certain military veterans and their families
By Matt Young, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two bills considered during the West Virginia Senate’s Military Committee meeting on Tuesday are attempting to off-set the cost of education for certain military veterans and their families: SB 672, which, if passed by the full senate, would make such[Read More…]
West Virginia House unites behind health issue bill named for delegate’s son
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — For the second time this legislative session, lawmakers united behind a bill to bring awareness of a health issue named for a child of a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. The House passed House Bill 4631[Read More…]
West Virginia House Judiciary OKs bills regarding autonomous delivery vehicles, posting nude images on the internet and medical cannabis facility surveillance
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The House Judiciary committee on Monday took a first step in the state regulation of autonomous delivery vehicles. It also approved bills regarding unauthorized posting of nude images and regarding video camera in medical cannabis facilities. HB 4675 deals with two types[Read More…]
U.S. Representative McKinley visits Middletown Commons and Marion Neighborhood Hospital
By Savanna Shriver, Times West Virginian WHITE HALL, W.Va. — U.S. Representative David McKinley, R-1, swears he’s visited Marion County 220 times. On Friday he marked the milestone by meeting with business leaders and local officials to tour the Middletown Commons and Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital. McKinley said he[Read More…]
Rare-Earth mineral tax break moving in West Virginia House of Delegates
By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A committee of the House of Delegates is moving another tax break bill meant to spur interest in pulling rare earth elements from West Virginia’s hills. The House Finance Committee recommended House Bill 4657 for passage Monday afternoon after the House[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin visits Greenbrier County, tours world’s first fully disabled-accessible hotel in White Sulphur Springs
By Matthew Young, WV Press News Services WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,W.Va. – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, visited White Sulfur Springs on Monday to tour the newly constructed “Schoolhouse Hotel.” On hand to personally guide the tour was Charles Hammerman, president and CEO of the New York-based Disability Opportunity Fund[Read More…]
