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Bill to make employment, training program mandatory for SNAP users
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 […]
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. […]
COLUMN: Welcome Tre Mitchell back to Big 12 play
It was some type of spin move that turned into a fadeaway jumper along the baseline that Tre Mitchell decided to make his first shot of the game Monday night. […]
Mountaineers top Cowboys to end 3-game skid
MORGANTOWN — The only gesture from Erik Stevenson this time against Oklahoma State was his hand raised in the air in victory. It came after another physical clash against the […]
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 […]
