Delegate Joe Statler was at an education conference out of state when he heard the governor vetoed a bill intended to provide $2 million support groundbreaking research at West Virginia […]
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Manchin announces $20.5M for West Virginia University Research Corp. projects
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), chair of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a total of $13,800,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and […]
City Council approves request for support barriers on Sisler Street
KINGWOOD — A request to put up support barriers at the trail head on Sisler Street was approved by Kingwood City Council during this week. Sara Saurino told council the […]
Gov.: Human services funding a ‘dog’s mess’
Gov. Jim Justice signed a budget passed on the final night of the regular legislative session — but he wants to call lawmakers back to fill gaps in healthcare and […]
State officials confident over $465M obligation U.S. Department of Education deadline looming
West Virginia is ahead of a deadline this week to provide supporting documentation to the U.S. Department of Education over the state’s pledge to maintain proportional levels of support for […]
Solar for safety: Two groups proposing panel-equipped ‘resilience hubs’ for shelters during weather emergencies
Drenching rains. Paralyzing bouts of cold and snow — followed by record-breaking high temperatures the next week, or the next day, even. Lashing rains and winds that generate the funnel […]
Senate sends Social Security tax break, state worker pay raise bills to governor’s desk
CHARLESTON — The state Senate, after a couple of days of delays, passed a bill representing pay raises for some state employees and another phasing out taxes on Social Security […]
Budget bill comes in at wire
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers passed a $4.96 billion general revenue budget Saturday in the final hours of the regular legislative session. The budget included average 5% pay raises for […]
House passes bill allowing teachers to remove disruptive students from class
Delegates passed a long-discussed bill that would allow elementary school teachers to remove especially disruptive students from classrooms. SB 614 passed on an 82-14 vote. The bill already passed the […]
Bill removing marital exemption from some sex assault cases heads to governor’s desk
The House of Delegates passed a bill to remove a marital exemption for some criminal sexual offenses Senate Bill 190 would remove a provision in criminal code where an allegation […]
