MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice and his team said on Monday that the nation has passed the hump of the BA.5 COVID surge and West Virginia will soon reach the peak and head down. Justice also fielded questions about the still-paused special session on taxes and abortion law, and about his ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice topped his Thursday COVID briefing by talking about the statewide correctional officer shortage and announced he's declared a state of emergency to enable the National Guard to assist the Department of Homeland Security until more people are hired. The ...
MORGANTOWN – COVID hospitalizations are creeping closer to the critical point, Gov. Jim Justice and his team said Tuesday. Hospitalizations stood at 399, with 61 in ICUs and 15 on ventilators. Justice reminded his audience of what his team leaders had said in prior weeks: “500 is ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice's Tuesday COVID briefing offered some insights on “rebound phenomenon,” but also veered into musings on last week's special session that produced neither of the bills it was called to pass. Special session Justice called the session to deal with his ...
MORGANTOWN – The governor's income tax cut bill took an apparent nose dive Friday afternoon, as the state Senate declined to take up the bill and instead passed its own resolution outlining its tax cut plan should voters pass Amendment 2 in November. The House passed and sent over the ...
MORGANTOWN – The governor's income tax cut proposal met overwhelming bipartisan support in the House of Delegates Thursday and headed to the Senate, where its shape and fate remain uncertain. Gov. Jim Justice issued a long, celebratory statement after the vote, adding some cajoling of ...