Delegates are advancing legislation to require work training for most recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in West Virginia. House Bill 3484 has a range of exceptions, including for […]
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Gee highlights service, students, changes at latest BOG meeting
WVU TODAY West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said service is the cornerstone of everything the university does. Not only is it a core value, but it reflects WVU’s commitment […]
Deliberate intent bill draws debate
A proposal to limit financial damages in cases where injured workers can prove deliberate intent by employers who cut corners on safety drew emotional testimony during a public hearing Monday, […]
Senate Education moves Intelligent Design, personal leave bonus, PROMISE Plus, and personal finance instruction bills
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Education Committee passed a bill on Tuesday regarding the teaching of Intelligent Design — a bill brought to the Senate by a 15-year-old Hurricane High student. […]
Menstrual-tracking bill underscores bizarre extremes in abortion debate
Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin’s partisans killed a bill that would have banned police from tracking women’s menstrual cycles while investigating potential crimes. The mere fact that Virginia Republican and Democratic […]
Activism and niches are killing the teaching of history at universities
by Miles Smith IV The statistics are in for history as a profession, and they are dire. The number of tenure-track positions open for history professors fell to an all-time […]
Will new blood donation rules finally stop stigmatizing gay men?
by Eric Kutscher As a sophomore in college in 2011, I was deferred from donating blood for being a gay man. I was confronting the homophobia built into the FDA’s […]
Dalton civil service hearing opens in Westover
In some six hours of testimony on Monday, former coworkers of fired Westover Police Officer Aaron Dalton offered statements that ran the gamut, alleging everything from targeted racial intimidation to […]
House votes down Democratic amendments to campus carry, gas well inspector bills; both up for passage on Tuesday
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate’s Campus Self Defense Act is up for passage in the House of Delegates on Tuesday, and on Monday the majority party voted down two proposed […]
Three House bills address teacher shortage, creating pathways for veterans and aides, and for high schoolers eyeing a degree
MORGANTOWN – Teacher shortages continue to be a problem for much of the Mountain State, leading lawmakers to get creative in staffing its classrooms. The House Education Committee approved three […]
