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 ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $12,368,832 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 28 West Virginia housing authorities. The funding will bolster community-based efforts to address homelessness by helping ...
As part of its ongoing mission to expand solar energy accessibility, Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is introducing “Ready, Set, Solar, REAP!” in West Virginia. This innovative program is designed to streamline the application process for the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program ...