CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates assembled Wednesday morning – the third day of this week’s resumption of the special session – for a 12-plus hour floor […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Legislative audit suggests failed WV Jobs Act should be repealed; committee favors fixing it
CHARLESTON – A legislative audit concludes that the West Virginia Jobs Act, enacted to promote hiring West Virginia workers, is a big flop and worthy of repeal. […]
One education tax credit bill narrowly passes Finance; other one dies without a vote
CHARLESTON – The House Finance Committee spent just over two hours hashing over HB 168, the so-called Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship program, and barely passed it, with […]
House Judiciary punts on proposed constitutional amendment for Legislature to oversee state BOE
CHARLESTON — Among all of the education reform legislation the House of Delegates was handling on Monday was a piece that Judiciary chair John Shott was puzzled […]
House of Delegates takes up education reform bills
CHARLESTON – With red-shirted teachers packing the galleries, hallways and meeting rooms, the House of Delegates convened Monday morning to take up education betterment. Both prominent Senate […]
Catholic voices petition gains signatures; state AG’s lawsuit against diocese progresses
MORGANTOWN — The Lay Catholic Voices for Change petition is gathering signatures by the hour. Meanwhile, a lawsuit against the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston filed by the state […]
Alleged sex abuse and greed: 3 Catholic voices address the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese scandals
MORGANTOWN — They call themselves Lay Catholic Voices for Change and one of the words they use to describe their reaction to the unfolding sex abuse and […]
Link to letter from Lay Catholic Voices for Change
Readers informed us that the link to the petition included in Friday’s print story on the letter from Lay Catholic Voices for Change does not work when […]
Lay Catholic group sends letter to Archbishop calling for change after Wheeling-Charleston Diocese scandals
MORGANTOWN – A group called Lay Catholic Voices for Change has submitted a letter to the Rev. William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Apostolic Administrator of the […]
Multistate pharmaceuticals suit involving W.Va., Mylan, transferred to Pa. fed court
MORGANTOWN — A recent multistate lawsuit alleging a number of generic drug firms – including Mylan – conspired to control the market and escalate prices has been […]
