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Capito celebrates signing of bill that fights against Parkinson’s disease

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made her way to Capitol Market in Charleston Monday evening to celebrate the signing of a bill trying to end Parkinson’s disease. The Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, which was signed by President Joe Biden on July 2, will make an advisory council to coordinate research and services for those affected by Parkinson’s disease. This advisory council will write a national plan to find a cure for Parkinson’s, as well as lessen the top symptoms. In addition, this bill will aim to alleviate some ...

Properties owned by Justice companies auctioned

Dozens of tracts owned by the branches of Gov. Jim Justice’s family business network have been up for auction this month in Raleigh, McDowell and Monroe counties because of unpaid property taxes that provide support for services like school systems. The lots were available for sale because property taxes went unpaid and warnings were unheeded over more than a year. Although the lots have now been sold, the state’s process still allows months for Justice or his businesses to reclaim their property. Property taxes in West Virginia go to support public school districts, local ...

Sen. Capito announces federal grants for Morgantown-area projects

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Monday resources from several federal agencies for projects that will support initiatives across the state, including economic development, education, environmental cleanup and drug ...

Senate Finance chair questions governor’s tax cut pitch

The state Senate Finance chairman isn’t buying Gov. Jim Justice’s pitch to follow up an automatic reduction in the personal income tax with another 5% on top of it. The governor made the pitch this past week at the state Culture Center, telling lawmakers, “I want to challenge you to ...

Justice wants more tax cuts pronto

MORE COVERAGE: Senate Finance Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, questions whether the governor’s proposal is realistic. See The Dominion Post Sunday. Gov. Jim Justice has dared officials to embrace a personal income tax proposal that would result in financial effects beyond his ...

Greenmont residents frustrated by lack of Pennsylvania Avenue progress

MORGANTOWN — There are places in Morgantown you might expect to find a tent. The meeting chamber in Morgantown City Hall isn’t among those places.   And yet, there a tent sat Thursday afternoon.  It was carried in and placed before members of the Morgantown Land Reuse and ...