CHARLESTON — A bill lowering severance taxes on thermal or steam coal in West Virginia from five percent to three percent will next be taken up on the floor of […]
Local Government
Manchin, Morrisey offer insight into education reform failure
CHARLESTON — Two high-profile public figures in West Virginia are weighing in on the brief statewide public teachers strike and the circumstances that led up to the two-day work stoppage. […]
Commission fields funding request for 2019 Mon County Baseball Classic
MORGANTOWN — MVB Bank Executive Vice President Don Robinson asked the Monongalia County Commission to provide $6,000 for the second Mon County Baseball Classic. The event, slated for April 26-27, […]
Council approves bids for Sunnyside, former Woodburn school building
MORGANTOWN — A pair of bids — one continuing improvements to the Sunnyside tax increment finance district and the other addressing accessibility in the former Woodburn School — were approved […]
Preston adds new fee on recording deeds
KINGWOOD — Preston County government stands to collect an estimated $60,000-plus annually from a new fee approved Tuesday. Commissioners Dave Price and Don Smith voted 2-0 Tuesday to implement the […]
Mayors call on Senate to take up bill expanding nondiscrimination law
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Mayor Bill Kawecki is among a group of 12 mayors calling on West Virginia’s Senate leadership to take up Senate Bill 391, which would add sexual orientation […]
Preston commission seeks to dismiss former employee’s lawsuit
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission and Public Service District 1 are asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former PSD 1 employee. John Keener filed suit […]
Education bill amendment includes 1,000 education savings accounts and up to 7 charters
CHARLESTON — An amendment to be proposed in the state Senate on the omnibus education bill would include 1,000 education savings accounts and up to seven charter schools. The Senate was […]
Former Justice Ketchum wants probation; prosecutors say jail time is appropriate
CHARLESTON — Lawyers for former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum are asking that he only be placed on probation or fined when he is sentenced this month on a federal wire […]
Senate gets education bill; can accept, reject or amend House draft
CHARLESTON — A showdown is about to start on the big education bill. The state Senate is set to receive the House’s version of the bill today. Then it has […]
