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 Commissioner Fredric Wooton said the ABCA will honor the intent of the legislature, not the ...
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 PODA, or Private Outdoor Designated Area, law in special session to make a change lawmakers thought they ...
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 said the expansion of House Bill 5105 to allow parents to opt out of vaccination ...
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 fume, but Democrats had the numbers to do whatever they wanted. That paradigm has shifted completely in the ...
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 the changes during an appearance on MetroNews’ “Talkline,” but he said they will ...
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, analysts presented the results of a state audit to the Legislature’s Post Audits ...