by Sen. Mike Caputo and Delegate Kayla Young Many aspects of our lives have changed in the past year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe that this time of rebuilding can also be an incredible opportunity to put policies and programs in place to help West Virginians ...
MORGANTOWN – Wednesday was National Equal Pay Day and a group of legislators and other equal pay advocates held a virtual meeting to promote four bills aimed at ensuring fair pay for women and minorities in West Virginia. Three of the bills are called the Katherine Johnson and Dorothy ...
Commonsense bill to help working women I am writing today to express strong support for a set of bills that will strengthen West Virginia’s workforce and help West Virginia families out of poverty. These bills are all focused around pay equity for women. According to the Institute for ...
by Barbara Evans Fleischauer She was just 15 years old in 1926. After being named valedictorian of the senior class of the segregated Beechurst High School, Miss Dorothy L. Johnson, pictured here, traveled 261 miles from her home in Morgantown to attend Wilberforce College, the ...