There should not be a special session to address the jail staffing crisis. We don’t say this because we don’t support our state’s corrections officers. We say this because legislators shouldn’t be rewarded for failing to do their jobs. The West Virginia Division of ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Wednesday a new delegate to represent Monongalia County's 81st District, and unveiled a new Almost Heaven state driver's license. From a list of three nominees submitted to Justice on Tuesday by the Monongalia County Democratic Executive ...
by Sen. Mike Caputo In a recent radio interview about some of the socially divisive laws just passed by the Legislature’s Republican-led supermajority, West Virginia GOP Chairwoman Elgine McArdle was asked whether our state might now be viewed as less inclusive. She responded, ...
State government’s attention to the shortage of jail and prison correction officers feels like a wash, rinse, repeat cycle. Legislators and state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner William Marshal rehashed the ongoing crisis during a legislative interim ...
MORGANTOWN – State legislators heard a plug for a new Morgantown-based addiction recovery program, and a suggestion that similar programs be started across the state -- maybe using some funds from opioid lawsuit settlements. They also got an update on the explosive growth of the medical ...
Last week, Danielle Walker announced she was stepping down as the delegate for the 81st District. Monday, she turned in her resignation letter to the Legislature, and next week, she will assume her new role as the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union West Virginia ...