WESTOVER – Senator Mike Oliverio, R-13th District, came before Westover City Council Monday evening with a $15,000 check in hand. It took the city about 10 minutes to spend it. […]
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City fears legislative restrictions on funding sources, local control
MORGANTOWN – “It seems as if there’s no shortage of ways that people want to try to mess with municipalities and the way they govern themselves,” Delegate John Williams, D-Monongalia, […]
Delegate John Williams to run for state Senate seat
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Delegate John Williams, D-Monongalia, announced on Tuesday morning his candidacy for the state Senate 13th District seat, currently held by Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia. Williams made his […]
New DOH District 4 boss: We can make this work, together
MORGANTOWN — The relationship between local elected officials and the West Virginia Division of Highways has followed a recognizable pattern over the last decade-plus. It proceeds as such: Local frustrations […]
DOH looks to private contractors for help
BY MIKE NOLTING The state Division of Highways is turning to contractors to do what has typically been regular maintenance work in north-central West Virginia. In an effort to relieve […]
Senate honors Warren McGraw, former state senator and Supreme Court chief justice
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Thursday stood to honor the life and work of Warren Randolph McGraw, former state delegate and senator, county prosecutor and judge, and Supreme Court […]
League releases legislative scorecard
The WV League of Women Voters has released a new Legislative Scorecard for 2023, which can be viewed at lwvwv.org. This searchable tool tracks the votes of all West Virginia […]
Noisy politicians get good roads. Our reps must be louder
If your road is pitted with potholes or rippled like W.Va. 7’s Hogback Turn, has overgrown foliage spilling into the roadway or grass taller than you along the ditches or […]
Sens. Caputo, Oliverio issue statement on WVU Academic Transformation
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, and Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, issued a joint statetment on Friday regarding WVU’s Academic Transformation process. Caputo and Oliverio represent the state Senate 13th District, […]
Highways could be priority for W.Va. remaining fiscal surplus
West Virginia’s state government finished the fiscal year with a $1.8 billion surplus and still has $451 million of that unappropriated. A large portion of what remains to be appropriated […]
