MORGANTOWN – Legislative committee meetings got underway Thursday morning at the state Capitol and the House and Senate Judiciary committees made short work of a couple measures. […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Governor proposes FY 2022 state budget essentially unchanged from current pandemic budget
MORGANTOWN – After a pandemic lasting more than a year, West Virginia will enter Fiscal Year 2022 with a budget essentially the same as this year’s, Gov. […]
Gov. Justice outlines his income tax elimination plan in State of the State Address
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday night outlined his vision for eliminating the state personal income tax and making West Virginia a destination state, through a […]
2021 legislative session begins; 417 bills introduced
MORGANTOWN – The 2021 legislative session kicked off at noon Wednesday, with the House and Senate conducting their initial floor sessions. One big surprise: The Senate session […]
WVU’s Deskins tells legislators post-COVID economy won’t fully bounce back until early 2022
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 […]
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 […]
Justice and team describe vaccine partnership with Walgreens
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice and his team talked about the new Walgreens partnership with the state to administer an extra 5,800 vaccine doses per week across […]
Hospitals offer antibody, antiviral treatments
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health System and WVU Medicine are making use of antibody and antiviral treatments to reduce hospitalizations and speed recovery of COVID-19 patients. Mon Health […]
Budget resolution with COVID relief and stimulus checks passes House, heads toward reconciliation
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget resolution containing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 American Rescue Plan on Friday. The House action followed the […]
W.Va. continues to make vaccine spotlight; Johnson & Johnson vaccine under FDA review
MORGANTOWN – Vaccine news continues to take the forefront at the govenor’s COVID-19 briefings. Gov. Jim Justice on Friday highlighted a letter from a Minnesota state senator […]
