MORGANTOWN – WVU economics professor John Deskins told state legislators Wednesday that the economic collapse caused by COVID-19 was the fastest in modern history, but the quick […]
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Legislative audit: HEPC wrongly granted former chancellor 6-month sabbatical with salary, benefits, travel expenses
MORGANTOWN – A new legislative post audit says the Higher Education Policy Commission entered into an unauthorized sabbatical-leave contract with former Chancellor Paul Hill that cost the […]
Register now for Women’s, Girls’ Day
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Women’s and Girls’ Day at the Legislature, set for March 1. The virtual event, hosted by the West […]
DEP to cut more than third of its staff
MORGANTOWN – Significant revenue shortfalls have led the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas to cut more than a third of its staff […]
Higher ed leaders share COVID challenges, future goals during Press Association meeting
MORGANTOWN – State education leaders talked with the press Wednesday afternoon about the challenges they’ve faced during the pandemic and what lies ahead. This was the third […]
House of Delegates leaders describe 2021 session goals, pandemic challenges
MORGANTOWN – State House of Delegates leaders shared their plan for the coming legislative session during a Wednesday West Virginia Press Association lookahead meeting. It was a […]
State Senate leaders outline their goals for the 2021 legislative session
MORGANTOWN – State Senate leaders offered a preview of their priorities for the coming session during a West Virginia Press Association virtual lookahead meeting Tuesday afternoon. WVPA […]
Bipartisan Legislation aims to lower costs of diabetes treatment
South Middle School teacher Maggie Reider’s son, Roxy Vasil, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 6. Each day Vasil would attend school, Reider would […]
Barbara Fleischauer planning bill to cap copays for diabetic equipment, supplies and medications
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, plans to introduce a bill this legislative session to cap copays on supplies, equipment and non-insulin drugs for people with […]
Gov. Justice and other state officials sworn in at outdoor inauguration at the Capitol
MORGANTOWN – In his second inauguration ceremony Friday, Gov. Jim Justice said he originally never expected to run again – that he’d thought four years would be […]
