MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates barely passed a bill on Tuesday allowing school boards to post financial statements online – over objections the state’s spotty broadband will disenfranchise many […]
Local Government
WVU public advocacy students hold protest against campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Master’s of Public Administration students gathered in front of the Mountainlair Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to campus carry policies. “I just imagine […]
Westover Council approves member’s resignation
WESTOVER—Westover Councilmember-at-Large Stephen Lawrence’s resignation was unanimously approved at Monday night’s meeting after he moved away due to unforeseen family circumstances. According to the city’s charter, the remaining council members […]
Firefighters demand public hearing over pay cut; city responds
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s firefighters have demanded a public hearing with the civil service commission over the pay reduction they say was retaliation by the city manager for refusing a lawsuit […]
Senate punts action on major income tax, budget bills; House adopts resolution to make pepperoni roll state food
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A running look at House of Delegates floor action on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Wednesday is the 50th day of the legislative session – Crossover Day, the last day for House bills to cross to the Senate and Senate bills to cross […]
