BY MIKE NOLTING West Virginia House Democrats are presenting a list of items they want on a special session agenda. House Minority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, said the special session should not be a second attempt for Republicans to pass measures related to their cultural ...
What did we actually get? The 2024 legislative session is history and it appeared to be largely an act of Schadenfreude — that malicious pleasure some people feel when they see another suffering — rather than an organized government body working to move our state forward. We are all ...
Gov. Jim Justice often says and does nonsensical things. But his veto of research dollars for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute reaches a whole new level of ludicrousness. HB 5014 would have given $2 million to RNI to support ongoing ultrasound research, specifically to treat ...
Former ‘library kid’ will support levy in May I was a library kid instead of a latchkey kid. There was a 30-minute difference between the end of my school day and the end of my mom’s shift. I spent that precious time at my local library every day. The librarians knew me by name. I ...
by Tiffany Dawn Gale The West Virginia Legislature’s recent failure to pass any childcare bills, including the crucial House Bill 4797 aimed at reforming reimbursement for childcare providers, has dealt a significant blow to families statewide. The bill, focusing on enrollment-based ...
Cut, don’t phase out, Social Security tax Elected officials in West Virginia remain concerned about the state’s workforce participation rate and the state’s stagnant population. The West Virginia workforce participation rate is about 7% below the national average of 62.5%. In the ...