CHARLESTON — The state Senate’s top priority, a proposal for greater financial access to community colleges, is getting pushback from West Virginia’s four-year colleges. Fairmont State President […]
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Local officials watching push to eliminate business inventory taxes
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s business inventory tax was identified as one of the factors placing West Virginia at an economic disadvantage. Its elimination has been a talking […]
Preston County offers new, free, wireless alert system
KINGWOOD — Preston County is now offering everyone free alerts by text, voice, email or pager on everything from boil water alerts to flooding. The Wireless Emergency […]
Preston applying again for grant to help pet owners with spay/neuter costs
KINGWOOD – A $5,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant allowed county residents to spay/neuter their pets last year, and the county is reapplying for 2019. County Administrator […]
Delegates to examine changes to foster care system
Delegates started examining changes to how West Virginia’s foster care system is run, potentially opening the door to managed care contracts. “Do you think this is going […]
Supreme Court hasn’t budgeted for intermediate court but doesn’t object
CHARLESTON — The state Supreme Court hasn’t budgeted to account for a new intermediate court of appeals, but its justices aren’t necessarily against it. The intermediate court […]
Bill proposed would divert pop tax revenue from WVU to PEIA
CHARLESTON — A House bill introduced last week proposes to divert the $15 million “pop tax” devoted annually to WVU Health Sciences for medical education from WVU […]
SNAP benefits to arrive early due to government shutdown; future benefits not guaranteed
MORGANTOWN — People who receive what was previously referred to as food stamps will get them early this month. After that, it’s unclear if they will get […]
Abandoned gas wells are target of W.Va. ‘Orphan Well Prevention Act’
CHARLESTON — A lawyer for people who have gas drilling operations on their property is pushing for an “Orphan Well Prevention Act.” David McMahon is presenting the […]
New W.Va. Senator Hardesty, former lobbyist for Justice’s Greenbrier, is sworn in
CHARLESTON — Lobbyist Paul Hardesty, a Democrat who had Jim Justice’s Greenbrier Resort among his clients, was sworn in Friday morning as West Virginia’s newest state senator. “A […]
