By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON – A bill dealing with concerns raised by county clerks and making changes to West Virginia’s election laws received pushback Monday from progressive opponents who see the bill as voter disenfranchisement. The House Judiciary Committee held a virtual public hearing Monday morning on[Read More…]
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Top ten things West Virginians should know about the coming emergence of Brood X Periodical Cicadas
WVU scientists say don’t fear the cicada From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They’re coming but there’s no need to fear (although you may want to reach for some earplugs). Brood X periodical cicadas are set to emerge in at least 15 states – including West Virginia – in late May,[Read More…]
Media Advisory: WVU libraries to host panel discussion on the Equal Rights Amendment
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Libraries will host a panel discussion on “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past, Present, and Future.” The event is in conjunction with “Undefeated: Canvas(s)ing the Politics Around Voter Suppression Since Women’s Suffrage” and the West Virginia and Regional History Center’s (WVRHC) exhibitions on women’s suffrage and voting rights. WHAT: “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past,[Read More…]
Axing state income tax: West Virginia ATV resort owners dismayed over proposed hike to hotel/motel tax
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Part of a state Senate plan to gradually end the personal income tax includes a hike in the hotel/motel tax, a move that has local ATV resort owners dismayed. Fifteen of those owners sent a joint letter to all state senators[Read More…]
With proms canceled in New York, business donates hundreds of gowns to West Virginia organization
By Maria Young, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If your vocabulary for colors is limited to the primaries — to simply red, yellow or blue — you’ll have a hard time describing the hundreds of elegant gowns that were trucked in from New York to Sissonville on a dreary, overcast[Read More…]
Tax reform debate continues in final days of West Virginia Legislative session
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The dominant theme running throughout this year’s session of the West Virginia Legislature has been tax reform. The 60-day session is set to end April 10, and there are still multiple, competing tax plans up in the air. While all the plans[Read More…]
West Virginia House, Senate disagree on limits to governor’s emergency powers
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The debate was polite, but representatives of the House of Delegates and state Senate could not hammer out a compromise Friday on a bill to limit the emergency powers of the governor. Members of the conference committee on[Read More…]
West Virginia schools present wish lists to board of education
By David Kirk, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — East Park Elementary needs a crossing guard. Fairview Elementary needs a multipurpose room. East Fairmont High needs a new front door. During three public hearings held Monday through Wednesday last week, every public school in Marion County gathered at their district[Read More…]
West Virginia bill aims to patch internet highways
By Jessica Farrish, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia House of Delegates passed a broadband bill Wednesday that aims to protect consumers in the state and to increase competition among companies by giving cities and counties control of the broadband “highways.” Del. Mick Bates, D-Raleigh, worked with chief sponsor Del.[Read More…]
West Virginia congressional delegation, environmentalists at odds over Biden jobs and infrastructure plan
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation are wary of President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. But where West Virginia’s lawmakers in Washington see a boondoggle, environmental and clean energy advocates see a boon. The plan Biden announced Wednesday in[Read More…]
