MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s PODA saga continues. It’s enough to drive a man to drink. In an order dated April 25 — last Thursday — West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration […]
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State’s PODA law apparently still requires liquor licenses
MORGANTOWN — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try again. Morgantown City Councilor Danielle Trumble said she would like to see the legislature take up the state’s […]
Bloom: HB 5105 a threat to West Virginia public schools
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he’s normally not one to take a public stance on the various bills being debated in Charleston. Wednesday was an exception. He […]
West Virginia’s two Republican parties
It was not that many years ago that the Republican Party in West Virginia was an afterthought. Democrats held supermajorities in both the House and Senate. Republicans could fuss and […]
Hanshaw: ‘We will have some significant reorganization of our leadership’ in House
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw has knocked down a leadership challenge, but also says changes are straight ahead for some committee chairs and other leadership positions. Hanshaw wasn’t ready to announce […]
Why are so many state jobs vacant? They don’t pay
With all this talk of surpluses, tax cuts and where money should go, we’d like to draw attention to another of West Virginia’s chronically underfunded services: state jobs. In mid-September, […]
Saving Hopemont in upcoming legislative session is a goal for Preston County’s delegates
Saving Hopemont Hospital, again, in the upcoming legislative session is a priority for Preston County’s two delegates. Del. Terri Sypolt (R–Preston, 52) and Del. Buck Jennings (R–Preston, 53) both said […]
Preston Chamber of Commerce hosts legislators
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Chamber of Commerce brought five items of concern it would like to see addressed by the county’s legislators during the upcoming legislative session at a […]
Guest essay: Don’t chop up counties when redistricting
by Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer Our state constitution uses mandatory language to spell out how redistricting is to be conducted. In Article 1, section 4 and Article 6, sections 4-10, […]
Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?
Lawmakers should have to prove they understand the subject about which they are trying to pass legislation before that legislation can be enacted. If that were the case, virtually all […]
