WVPA SHARING More than 200 EMS agencies, fire departments ask Gov. Justice for support through special session call CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 200 fire departments and EMS agencies[Read More…]
Legislative Updates
333 Bills passed by WV Legislature this session detailed here
The Legislative session is over and many of the 333 billls that passed will soon become law. The House passed 203 bills while the Senate[Read More…]
AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit
….We have another chapter in what I used to refer to as “the Video Lottery Chronicles.” There have been many battles waged in committee, on[Read More…]
NEW CUMBERLAND, CHESTER TO SPLIT VIDEO LOTTERY REVENUE WITH COUNTY UNDER NEW BILL
A house bill recently signed into law by Governor Justice will be a boon to Chester and Newell, but a blow to Hancock County finances.[Read More…]
DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION OUTLINE GOALS
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With a new deputy secretary and an updated focus on maintenance, state transportation Cabinet Secretary Jimmy[Read More…]
LEG. COMMITTEE LOOKS AT FLOOD RESILIENCY
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s Director of the State Resiliency Office, Bob Martin, delivered his agency’s first quarter report[Read More…]
WVU PRESIDENT LOOKS A SMALLER INSTITUTION, FEWER EMPLOYEES AND FEWER PROGRAMS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s President Gordon Gee and his administration have a vision of the future: WVU will be a small institution with fewer[Read More…]
GOVERNOR SIGNS FOUR BILLS
Friday, March 17, 2023Gov. Justice signs into law 4th state employee pay raise, budget bill, and other legislationWATCH FULL EVENT | VIEW PHOTO ALBUMCHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim[Read More…]
THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a total of 45 House Bills to the Senate this week, including one[Read More…]
WV LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: PENSIONS & RETIREMENTW
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press AssociationCHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a very brief meeting of the West Virginia Legislature’s House Committee on Pensions and Retirement on Tuesday,[Read More…]