MORGANTOWN – Delegate Danielle Walker is ready to take her work as an advocate and activist to the next level in her new role as executive director of ACLU West Virginia. “I am not abandoning anyone, I am just going to another level where I can, as an organization with staff and ...
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, will step down from her House seat and her role as vice chair of the state Democratic Party to take a new job as executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia. Walker, of Morgantown, will start her new job April 17, according to an ...
The West Virginia Legislature adopted and Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation establishing West Virginia’s first statewide dual enrollment program to allow more students to take college courses in high school. Through House Bill 2005, West Virginia’s higher education system will launch ...
The legislative graveyard The 2023 regular legislative session is over, and we’re bringing our “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” series to a close. While over 300 bills passed and went to the governor for his signature, hundreds more didn’t. We’ve highlighted several bills ...
MORGANTOWN – State Senate Finance chair Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, has written to the U.S. Treasury Office of Inspector General to investigate whether the transfer of $28.375 million in unappropriated CARES Act funds to a discretionary account of Gov. Jim Justice violated any federal law, ...
Tax cuts a mistake when roads are a mess I vehemently disagree with the ongoing cuts to various taxes across our state. Going through with these changes is akin to buying expensive paint to dress up a condemned house. Legislators claim the state budget has a surplus; in ...