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 […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
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 […]
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 […]
Attorney General Morrisey announces $10 million settlement with opioid industry consulting firm
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General announced Thursday a $10 million settlement with a national marketing firm that helped opioid manufacturers fuel the opioid epidemic. Morrisey said in […]
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 […]
W.Va. to see another bump in vaccine allotment; Marsh expects production to increase in coming weeks
MORGANTOWN — While it’s still not enough, West Virginia will get extra vaccines next week. Gov. Jim Justice said during his Wednesday COVID-19 briefing that he learned […]
Capito recaps GOP meeting with Biden on COVID relief legislation
Morgantown – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V.a. recapped on Tuesday the highlights of the meeting she and nine other senators had with President Biden on Monday regarding […]
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 […]
Clay Marsh offers insights on West Virginia’s vaccine successes to congressional panel
MORGANTOWN – COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh testified before a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday on vaccine distribution issues in West Virginia and across the nation. He was one of […]
