MORGANTOWN – Severance tax collections from natural gas outpaced coal for the first three quarters of Fiscal Year 2022, and a group of state legislators had the […]
West Virginia Legislature
WVU’s John Deskins leads legislators through questions of locality pay to recruit, retain state workers
MORGANTOWN — Legislators resumed their wrestling match with the problem of locality pay for state employees Tuesday morning. The Joint Standing Committee on Finance took up the […]
Legislators tour Reynolds Hall: WVU’s new home for the Chambers business and economics school
MORGANTOWN – Legislators enjoyed a tour of WVU’s new shining jewel Monday afternoon: Reynolds Hall. Built on the site of the old Stansbury Hall, it will be […]
Legislators learn how grid-scale battery storage supports power generation
MORGANTOWN — Legislators took a dive Monday morning into a different realm of green energy: battery storage. This isn’t batteries for your Chevy Volt. It’s grid-level storage […]
Mon County EMS director paints picture of statewide EMS crisis for legislators
MORGANTOWN – Forest Weyen, executive director of Monongalia County EMS, gave legislators a look at the plight of EMS systems locally and across the state. “It’s become […]
Legislators get a look at Westinghouse eVinci Micro-Reactor, hear idea of research program for WVU
MORGANTOWN – In March, the Legislature lifted the statewide ban on construction of nuclear power plants. On Sunday, legislators got a look at what they’ve opened the […]
Legislators get a glimpse of some of WVU’s $664 million worth of deferred maintenance needs
MORGANTOWN – Legislators trod down into the bowels of WVU’s Engineering Sciences Building Sunday afternoon to see an example of the $664 million worth of deferred maintenance […]
A preview: Legislative interims to run Sunday through Tuesday at WVU
MORGANTOWN – The state Legislature will be in Morgantown Sunday through Tuesday for interim meetings. All but three meetings are set at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center. […]
Some Mon County state Senate primary candidates already eyeing the general, campaign finance reports suggest
MORGANTOWN – If campaign finance reports tell the story, the leading candidates for Monongalia County’s two state Senate districts already have their eyes on the general election, […]
Fundraising reports show little competition in six Mon County House of Delegates primary races
MORGANTOWN – If campaign financing is an indicator of the competitiveness of a political race, only one of Monongalia County’s six House of Delegates primary races comes […]
