MORGANTOWN – Vaccine news continues to take the forefront at the govenor’s COVID-19 briefings. Gov. Jim Justice on Friday highlighted a letter from a Minnesota state senator […]
West Virginia Legislature
DEP to cut more than third of its staff
MORGANTOWN – Significant revenue shortfalls have led the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas to cut more than a third of its staff […]
House of Delegates leaders describe 2021 session goals, pandemic challenges
MORGANTOWN – State House of Delegates leaders shared their plan for the coming legislative session during a Wednesday West Virginia Press Association lookahead meeting. It was a […]
State Senate leaders outline their goals for the 2021 legislative session
MORGANTOWN – State Senate leaders offered a preview of their priorities for the coming session during a West Virginia Press Association virtual lookahead meeting Tuesday afternoon. WVPA […]
Bipartisan Legislation aims to lower costs of diabetes treatment
South Middle School teacher Maggie Reider’s son, Roxy Vasil, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 6. Each day Vasil would attend school, Reider would […]
West Virginia scores four failing grades in annual Lung Association State of Tobacco Control report
By David Bearddbeard@dominionpost.com The report grades the 50 states on policies and laws aimed at curbing tobacco use. “Overall, a lot of great work has been done […]
Barbara Fleischauer planning bill to cap copays for diabetic equipment, supplies and medications
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, plans to introduce a bill this legislative session to cap copays on supplies, equipment and non-insulin drugs for people with […]
Gov. Justice and other state officials sworn in at outdoor inauguration at the Capitol
MORGANTOWN – In his second inauguration ceremony Friday, Gov. Jim Justice said he originally never expected to run again – that he’d thought four years would be […]
WV House, Senate meet for a day to elect leaders, complete other formalities
MORGANTOWN — The state Legislature returned to Charleston Wednesday for a day of formalities, and one item stood out from previous assemblies: Everybody wore masks. COVID-19 was […]
Local delegates join WV NAACP to call for AG Morrisey’s disbarment, impeachment for joining Texas election lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia NAACP is seeking to have Attorney General Patrick Morrisey removed from office and disbarred for joining with 16 other Republican attorneys general […]
