WASHINGTON — Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to reject "the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution." He warned emboldened Democrats that "ridiculous partisan investigations" into his administration and businesses ...
MORGANTOWN — Asked what WVU and the City of Morgantown could do to prevent a repeat of last Friday’s riot conditions on Spruce Street, Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston basically said, not much. “That’s an individual choice. When people choose to commit a crime or commit a violent ...
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Feb. 5. Topping the list is a Senate bill to use some severance tax money for road repairs. No bills were introduced in the House. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 522, nicknamed Randy’s Dream, to create the Special Road Repair Fund. It would be funded by a one-time, $200 million transfer from Rainy Day, and by using 2 percent from the 5 percent severance tax on goal and natural gas. Sen. Randy Smith, R-Tucker, lead sponsor; Sens. Dave Sypolt, R-Preston, Mike Maroney, R-Marshall, ...
CHARLESTON —The House Energy Committee approved a bill intended to help keep natural gas supplies flowing to communities served by old vertical wells that are producing little gas or are uneconomical to run. HB 2661 is backed by Dominion Energy and Dominion officials explained and promoted the bill during the meeting. The bill allows a gas utility to petition the Public Service Commission to offer incentives (unspecified in the bill) to gas producers to increase well production or drill new wells for areas lacking dependable, low-cost supplies of natural gas. If the options of ...
CHARLESTON — The search for consensus on a big education bill is starting in West Virginia’s House of Delegates. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw pledged to consider the bill in both the House Education and Finance committees. He indicated it would also be considered as a single bill, but ...
MORGANTOWN — A man is charged with nighttime burglary after a woman said she caught him in her home on Earl L. Core Road. Robert F. Casper, of Dellslow, is charged with the crime by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department. A woman told a deputy she caught Casper “rummaging through ...
