by Sen. Mike Oliverio The free market is a good thing. Competition drives up performance and keeps costs low. That is the same in the public sector as the private. That is why I supported the passage of Senate Bill 476 last session. The bill passed last legislative ...
MORGANTOWN – Leaders of the West Virginia Family Grief Center joined with former Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer on Thursday afternoon to get the word out about its mission and express thanks for a state grant that Fleischauer secured for the center just before she left office. The ...
STAFF, WIRE REPORTS — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 states already have consent laws for this practice. Montana’s ...
In all the discussion about solving West Virginia’s jail staffing crisis, has anyone bothered to ask the jails’ staff what they need? Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly called — though not pushed — for locality pay for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers. ...
CHARLESTON — Anitra Hamilton took the oath of office to become the newest member of the West Virginia House of Delegates May 5. Hamilton was appointed to represent Monongalia County's 81st District. She will complete the unexpired term of former Delegate Danielle Walker, ...
MORGANTOWN – Three local legislators turned out for a 2023 session wrap-up roundtable put on Tuesday at Mon Health Medical Center by the Morgantown Area Partnership. Sen. Mike Oliverio and Delegate Joe Statler, both R-Monongalia, and Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, fielded questions ...