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Senate committee advances bill to remove voting power from 4 WVU BOG members

MORGANTOWN – The House bill that would strip the voting rights from the two faculty representatives, the classified staff representative and the student body representative on the WVU Board of Governors advanced out of the Senate Government Organization Committee Monday morning and heads to ...

Teachers Ascend Program: Drop into W.Va., stay a while – teach a while

For years, the mantra of attracting people to the Mountain State for work went along the following lines.It’s a script, as it turns out, hasn’t really changed much – even over years of stereotypes, stagnant economy, and other particulars of perception.Just come here.Pay us a visit.Check ...

Senate passes Holocaust education, pharmacist prescription bills

dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday passed a Holocaust education bill and a pharmacist prescription bill and sent them to the House of Delegates. SB 54 is the Holocaust bill. It says, “In collaboration with and utilizing guidance from the West Virginia ...

House of Delegates sends Mon-Preston road plowing bill to Senate

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to require the Division of Highways to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties barely squeaked out of the House of Delegates on Tuesday. Across the Capitol in the Senate, a Holocaust education bill and ...

House Education kills bill to enable boards to fire school administrators

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to give county school boards – and indirectly, superintendents – more hiring and firing power fizzled in the Education Committee Monday afternoon. Current code says a board, upon the recommendation of the county superintendent, may ...