CHARLESTON – The contentious debates will begin soon enough. Wednesday was a day of cordial ceremony and housekeeping at the state Senate opened the 2019 legislative session. […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
WVU economist tells legislators: Entrepreneurship key to state’s prosperity
CHARLESTON – As legislators prepared to begin the 2019 session, West Virginia University economist John Deskins gave them his vision of what the state needs to prosper […]
WVU tackles opioid crisis with clinical trial of injectable non-opioid micropellets to treat sciatica pain
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is leading the nation in exploring a way to treat chronic pain without opioids. The new pain treatment is […]
Legislative leaders outline goals for education, labor before start of 2019 session
CHARLESTON — Legislative leaders outlined priorities for the session that begins next week during West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Look-ahead. There was a substantial amount of overlap, […]
Republicans, Democrats, mostly agree on legislative goals for 2019 session
CHARLESTON — Legislative leaders outlined their priorities for the session that begins next week during Friday’s West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead. There was a substantial amount of […]
Education panel talks reform, teacher pay, absences, charter schools
CHARLESTON — The state schools superintendent and the leaders of the two teacher unions all want to see education improve, but differ on how to move it forward. […]
Panel considers pros and cons and fixes for W.Va. medical cannabis program
CHARLESTON – The state’s medical cannabis program is set to take effect July 1, and a panel of experts addressed what needs to be done to fix […]
WVU prof: More inspectors needed to curb growth in black lung cases
MORGANTOWN —Incidence of black lung disease among miners has been increasing since 2000. West Virginia University public health professor Michael McCawley — who served on a panel for […]
PACs spend big money on ad time supporting, opposing local candidates
MORGANTOWN — An assortment of political groups spent far more money supporting and opposing local candidates — attempting to influence your vote — than many of the candidates themselves […]
Republican candidates spent less on election; Mon incumbents’ seats flipped in Blue Wave
MORGANTOWN — The so-called Blue Wave that led to a Democrat takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives was barely evident in the West Virginia House of […]
