MORGANTOWN — The building has been repaired and renovated. The property has been rebranded. And now the former Woodburn school-turned Woodburn Community Complex has a reconfigured leadership […]
Government
State income tax cut discussion continues
West Virginia officials continue to discuss a major income tax cut, even as they’re also balancing additional expenses for state government. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw described recent […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Jan. 20
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Friday, Jan. 20. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. TWEET @DominionPostWV
Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, […]
Question of McCulla Funeral Home crematory causes consternation at Westover zoning meeting
The Westover Town Hall council chamber was standing room only for Thursday’s Board of Zoning Appeals meeting as dozens of Westover residents and business owners came to […]
A sampling of bills introduced Thursday, Jan. 19
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Thursday, Jan. 19. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted.
Senate Education approves bill to boost student reading skills, test for dyslexia, put trained teaching assistants into grades 1-3 classrooms
MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state’s K-3 […]
House passes Senate carbon sequestration bill — a key element in hydrogen power production
MORGANTOWN — A Senate bill to allow for carbon sequestration under state lands cleared the House on Thursday and will return to the Senate. SB 162 allows […]
Senate Finance on tax bill, as it sits: ‘It’s ‘a no-go, D.O.A.’
Delegates sent an income tax cut bill rocketing out on a 95-2 vote toward the Senate, where the Finance Committee chairman says it has no chance of […]
Governor’s emergency powers at issue again
Lawmakers are back to debating the appropriate duration of the governor’s emergency powers, and delegates are advancing a bill that would give legislators more say-so. How long […]
