CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice shed more light on his Jim’s Dream drug abuse program and unveiled a Charleston-area program to keep unused opioids out of the wrong hands during […]
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Local legislators and others react to State of the State Address
CHARLESTON – Local legislators and a number of others offered their reactions to Gov. Jim Justice’s State of the State Address Wednesday evening. Here’s a look. House Majority Leader Amy […]
A sampling of bills introduced on Day 1 of the session
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 9. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 1, Increasing access to career education and workforce training […]
State Senate opens 2019 session with cordial formalities; president calls for bipartisan cooperation
CHARLESTON – The contentious debates will begin soon enough. Wednesday was a day of cordial ceremony and housekeeping at the state Senate opened the 2019 legislative session. Sen. Donna Boley, […]
WVU economist tells legislators: Entrepreneurship key to state’s prosperity
CHARLESTON – As legislators prepared to begin the 2019 session, West Virginia University economist John Deskins gave them his vision of what the state needs to prosper and what stands […]
WVU tackles opioid crisis with clinical trial of injectable non-opioid micropellets to treat sciatica pain
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is leading the nation in exploring a way to treat chronic pain without opioids. The new pain treatment is an injectable, non-opioid, […]
Legislative leaders outline goals for education, labor before start of 2019 session
CHARLESTON — Legislative leaders outlined priorities for the session that begins next week during West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Look-ahead. There was a substantial amount of overlap, with few points […]
Republicans, Democrats, mostly agree on legislative goals for 2019 session
CHARLESTON — Legislative leaders outlined their priorities for the session that begins next week during Friday’s West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead. There was a substantial amount of overlap, with few […]
Education panel talks reform, teacher pay, absences, charter schools
CHARLESTON — The state schools superintendent and the leaders of the two teacher unions all want to see education improve, but differ on how to move it forward. Superintendent Steve Paine, […]
Panel considers pros and cons and fixes for W.Va. medical cannabis program
CHARLESTON – The state’s medical cannabis program is set to take effect July 1, and a panel of experts addressed what needs to be done to fix flaws in the […]
