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 […]
Local Government
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 […]
House approves trimmed-down intermediate court bill, sends it back to the Senate
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates finally approved a Senate intermediate appeals court bill. The next step will be to see if the Senate accepts the House cutting the size […]
Health agencies to receive $82.8M
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, announced Monday that $82,842,125 in funding from the most recent COVID-19 relief package will be used to support health centers across West Virginia — including […]
House public hearing: Property tax amendment could help industry, harm counties and schools
MORGANTOWN – Giving the Legislature authority over setting property tax rates could be good for industry and bad for counties. Those were the two primary points of view offered during […]
