MORGANTOWN — Legislators got a look at the permitting and safety side of West Virginia's nuclear future on Tuesday — the last day of the November interim meetings, held in Wheeling — as experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission explained their work to members of the Energy and ...
MORGANTOWN – State legislators will assemble for the November interim meetings starting Sunday, but they won't be at the Capitol. They're once again going on the road, this time to Wheeling. Interims will run Sunday-Tuesday at various sites around the city. PEIA rate hikes are a topic ...
MORGANTOWN — Two candidates vying to succeed Sen. Mike Caputo in the state Senate 13th District have begun their fundraising. And in the 2nd District, incumbent Republican Mike Maroney is up for re-election and faces a primary challenger in Chris Rose, who gave up a U.S. Senate campaign to ...
MORGANTOWN – Former Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer aims to return to Charleston to serve in the House once again. Fleischauer, a Democrat, announced her 2024 campaign to a room full of supporters Tuesday evening at Kegler's. “I want to return to Charleston to get things done,” ...
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 ...
“Republic” refers to a government in which citizens elect representatives to govern according to the law. Thus, the supreme power of a democratic republic resides not in the legislative body, but in its citizens. At 4 p.m., Aug. 6, 2023, Gov. Jim Justice gave notice that the ...