Release from West Virginia Business & Industry Council: CHARLESTON, W.Va. ─ The West Virginia Business & Industry Council (BIC), representing West Virginia trade associations and businesses accounting for hundreds of thousands of employees across the state, announces its opposition to HB 2007, legislation which would provide state occupational licensure designations to potentially[Read More…]

Release from Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia health officials will discuss efforts to expand vaccine access in the state’s minority communities on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Registration for the webinar, Operation Equity: Removing Barriers to Equitable Vaccine Distribution, is free and can[Read More…]

Release from the office of the State Auditor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Thursday, March 11, President Biden signed into law the most recent round of “stimulus dollars” designed to combat the societal and fiscal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you agree with the passage of this bill or not,[Read More…]

Release from the office of the State Superintendent of Schools: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education and State Superintendent W. Clayton Burch object to the proposed amendment to the Constitution of West Virginia as set forth in House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR1). In 1958, the voters of[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia Tourism Commissioner Chelsea Ruby is set to become one of the state’s two new Cabinet-level secretaries. On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law House Bill 2019, which will elevate the West Virginia Office of Tourism and the West[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Republican Party leaders selected Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Mark Harris to lead the Grand Old Party as Republicans begin 2021 on the upswing — but not before having their own election issues. Members of[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post BE INFORMED: This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The new round of federal COVID-19 relief for states, counties and cities included[Read More…]

By Mike Tony Staff, Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginians had to endure some of the longest power outages in the country during and after a February cold snap that tested electric systems nationwide. While the ice storms that left thousands without power for up to two weeks may be a month[Read More…]

By Taylor Stuck, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — While Republicans say it won’t, health leaders in West Virginia say a bill passed by the state Senate last week means the end of syringe exchanges in the state, which has two of the worst HIV outbreaks in the country. “I’m sorry[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Once again, an attempt to move a bill prohibiting use of West Virginia’s civilian soldiers and airmen in combat, except when Congress gives approval, failed in the House of Delegates. Del. Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, made a motion Friday morning[Read More…]