After debate of almost two hours, delegates voted for several exemptions to vaccine requirements in West Virginia schools. House Bill 5105 first removed vaccine requirements for students attending virtual public schools, then was expanded to allow private schools to adopt their own ...
CHARLESTON — Over the past couple of weeks, about 1,500 West Virginians have learned they’ll lose their jobs because big companies are shutting down their workplaces. Cleveland-Cliffs announced its tinplate production plant in Weirton will idle in April, resulting in potential job ...
Earlier this week, delegates took a bill to eliminate vaccine requirements for public virtual schools and expanded it to also eliminate state vaccine requirements for West Virginia’s private and parochial schools. Today, delegates voted to expand the bill again — amending it to allow ...
Our state’s motto may be “Mountaineers are always free,” but many West Virginians struggle to find true liberation. Without the proper tools and support to face and overcome challenges, we can become trapped by our financial, relational, spiritual or other struggles. A local ...
Kids as young as 14 could get a job without a work permit under a bill passed by the West Virginia House of Delegates. Delegates were split on the wisdom as debate unfolded in the House on Tuesday, but the bill passed by a fairly wide margin, 83-16. “I must say that many of us in this ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s corrections commissioner has expressed optimism about progress in recruiting and retaining personnel. Thursday, a delegate asked when state officials will be confident enough to end a state of emergency with jails staffing that went into place in August ...