MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates spent close to two hours Tuesday morning debating the bill aimed at bringing a $2.7 billion steel-making plant to Mason County, […]
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Legislature meets in special session to take up bills to attract $2.7B industrial project to West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – Legislators met in special session Monday morning and the Senate quickly passed a series of bills for what is expected to enable construction of a […]
Legislative Lookahead: Leaders say bills will address mining, energy, economic development, social needs
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s legislative leaders described their goals for the 2022 session – which starts Jan. 12 – during Friday’s West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead. […]
Residents, leaders, share insights on local needs during Legislative Coal Communities Workgroup listening tour stop
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates Coal Communities Workgroup made a listening tour stop at the Shack Neighborhood House in Pursglove Wednesday evening to learn what the […]
Ascend WV updates progress
The Ascend West Virginia program held a digital round table with members of the West Virginia press via Zoom Friday afternoon to discuss the program’s progress. In […]
Legislature’s Coal Communities Workgroup to hold listening tour stop in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates Coal Communities Workgroup will bring its mission to help revitalize struggling coal communities to Morgantown during a listening tour stop this […]
Public invited to provide comment on Region VI economic development strategy via online survey
MORGANTOWN – The Region VI Planning and Development Council appointed a coalition of regional leaders to a Strategy Committee. The first priority for the committee is to […]
WVU President Gee visits The Dominion Post to talk about Ascend WV, revitalizing West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee visited The Dominion Post this week to talk about WVU and expand on the Ascend WV initiative announced earlier this month. […]
Trump blazed trail that clears Biden’s way
by Noah Smith President Joe Biden’s bid to retool the U.S. economy has me thinking about the parallels with earlier transformational presidents: FDR and Reagan. One of […]
Senate Finance quickly passes House bill to elevate Tourism, Economic Development to cabinet departments
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee Monday took up the bill to make the offices of Tourism and Economic Development into cabinet departments and passed it in […]
