MORGANTOWN – The Legislature breezed through 12 bills during the first day of its April special session. The process saw only one real glitch when the House of Delegates refused […]
Tag: economic development
Justice plans April special session to fix economic development bill vetoed for technical errors
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced on Tuesday that he has vetoed a bill tied to economic development funding for technical errors, but plans to call a special session in […]
House of Delegates tries again for constitutional amendment to give Legislature oversight of state Board of Education rule-making
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates is taking a second shot at putting an amendment into the state Constitution to subject state Board of Education rule-making to legislative oversight. The […]
Some legislative priority bills are working their way to completion, others are stalled
MORGANTOWN – Friday was the 38th day of the 60-day legislative session – just past halfway, and heading toward Day 50, Crossover Day, the last day for bills to pass […]
House OKs bill to prepare shovel-ready sites for new businesses, and HEPC funding formula bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed an economic development bill Wednesday that has been a priority for legislative and economic development leaders. The House also passed its version of […]
Senate passes 2 bills setting new limits and requirements for unemployment benefits
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate spent a couple hours Tuesday debating and then passing two bills placing new limitations and requirements on unemployment benefits. Supporters said they will attract new […]
A talk with Speaker Roger Hanshaw about West Virginia’s economic progress; we also ask about the Morgantown Mylan plant
MORGANTOWN – The Dominion Post spoke with House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw this past week about the three recent big economic development announcements and about the state’s progress. We […]
Justice recounts state’s progress and offers some proposals during his State of the State Address
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice delivered his postponed State of the State Address Thursday evening in a packed House of Delegates chamber. He sprinkled some new proposals among his accounts […]
House Energy OKs nuclear power and cites certification bills, divides on resolution support coal as baseload power source
MORGANTOWN – The House Energy and Manufacturing Committee gave its OK Thursday to the House version of the bill to lift the ban on nuclear plant construction, and to an […]
Bill lifting nuclear power ban gets first committee OK in Senate; bill to reinstate film tax credit also gets a nod
MORGANTOWN — The effort to repeal the state’s ban on building nuclear power plants took its first step forward on Wednesday as the Senate Economic Development Committee passed SB 4 […]
