MORGANTOWN –- Monday was a relatively low-key day for the House and Senate floor sessions. Bills were passed, but the Senate punted action on some of its major bills to […]
Government
Take Me Home Transition Program changes eligibility to help more residents leave facilities
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Medical Services recently announced federal changes to the Take Me Home Transition Program to expand program […]
It Starts with Recycling Right
The city of Morgantown is no stranger to the concept of recycling; local and county agencies have been handling the process for years. Nevertheless, residents of Morgantown or of Monongalia […]
Teaching tolerance in Mon schools
Michael Ryan, by his nature, trends toward the optimistic and positive. Which is why he wasn’t necessarily offended when people would come by the apartment to meet him. This was […]
Jim Justice has a deal for you, proposing eventual elimination of state income tax
Gov. Jim Justice has a deal for you that he says is too good to turn down. Reduce West Virginia’s state income tax and every West Virginia family could have […]
MMMPO Policy Board approves letter regarding interchange project
MORGANTOWN — A broken front door is an untenable situation. It’s unattractive, but even worse, it’s unsafe. For untold numbers of people looking to access WVU and the Greater Morgantown […]
Senate Education rewrites, OKs transgender athlete bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee took up and approved on Thursday a very different version of the bill regarding transgender athletes. HB 3293, as it came from the House […]
House Health OKs Senate needle exchange and welfare drug testing bills
MORGANTOWN – The House Health and Human Resources Committee approved the Senate bill to license needle exchange programs. It also approved the bill to extend the welfare applicant drug testing […]
THRIVES Act could bring 50K to W.Va. in a year, boosters say
Mountain State proponents of the THRIVE Act say passage of the legislation in Washington, D.C., could lead to the creation of 50,000 jobs a year in West Virginia. THRIVE is […]
No deliberate intent to report inaccurate COVID-19 deaths, investigation finds
The state’s investigation into why more than 150 COVID-19 deaths went unreported found there was no intent by any reporting authority to deliberately provide inaccurate information to the Department of […]
