……I have to applaud the Legislature for being forward thinking on two bills that were passed and signed into law by the Governor. West Virginia[Read More…]
Legislative Updates
JUST MY OPINION …..By Tamara Pettit
The Governor still has not signed HB 5105, which allows for more vaccine exemptions for measles, mumps, chicken pox. I heard an interview on WVMETRO[Read More…]
HOUSE BUDGET COMPLETE
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates adjourned Saturday, March 9 at midnight after having completed 280 bills, including Senate Bill 200, the budget[Read More…]
AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit
…..The Bill which wiped out some of the exemptions for childhood vaccines passed on the last day of the session. Was amended in the Senate[Read More…]
THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
AND THEN AGAIN……..
.Many years ago when I worked at THE COURIER I did a monthly column entitled ‘HOMETOWN HEARTBEAT’. Schmaltzy, huh? But, not to me! I wrote[Read More…]
LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE TO START TODAY
Beginning today, JANUARY 8, HOMETOWN NEWS begins our coverage of the 2024 Legislative Session which gets underway Wednesday, January 10 The Legislative Interims are ongoing[Read More…]
W.Va. lawmakers hear updates from EMS leadership during final interim session
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services (EMS), on Sunday, heard presentations from both WV EMS Coalition[Read More…]
LEGISLATIVE INTERIMS: VETERANS’ SUICIDE
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association WHEELING, W.Va. – Although veteran suicide rates have decreased nationwide, the numbers are still far too high, according to[Read More…]
LEGISLATIVE INTERIMS: HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (LOCHHRA), on Sunday, met at The Health Plan’s Wheeling offices[Read More…]