West Virginia is ahead of a deadline this week to provide supporting documentation to the U.S. Department of Education over the state’s pledge to maintain proportional levels of support for education as a condition of federal COVID relief funds. State officials took note of an obligation ...
KINGWOOD — Born in 1856 in Pennsylvania but raised in Terra Alta, Dr. Harriet B. Jones was the first female licensed physician in West Virginia. She was also one of the first women to serve in the state Legislature, and in 1924 she was elected to the first of two terms in the House of ...
CHARLESTON — Lawmakers introduced a new version of a controversial unemployment bill on the final night of the regular legislative session, resulting in a vigorous debate about deciding on such a complicated, important policy right up against the midnight deadline. Delegates passed the ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers passed a $4.96 billion general revenue budget Saturday in the final hours of the regular legislative session. The budget included average 5% pay raises for state employees and a three-year phase-out of state taxes on Social Security, both priorities ...
Delegates passed a bill requiring “In God We Trust,” the national motto, to be displayed in school buildings. The bill passed on an 86-10 vote. Senate Bill 152 would require display in a conspicuous place in West Virginia schools a durable poster or framed copy of the United States ...
Delegates didn’t put their faith in proposed amendments to a bill requiring “In God We Trust” signs in schools or another bill ensuring classroom discussions are allowed to ruminate on the ways the universe might have begun. Senate Bill 152 would require display in a conspicuous ...