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The West Virginia Public Service Commission has issued key approvals for a 2,060-megawatt gas-fired plant in Doddridge County, West Virginia. The PSC signed off plans for a gas-fired plant and potential carbon capture facility to go along with the plant.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed bills, on Feb. 27, 2024, to give bonuses to correctional workers and pay raises to teachers. House Bill 4734 would provide bonuses to jail and prison employees who are not correctional officers. House Bill 4883 would provide annual salary increases for public school teachers and service personnel, state troopers and other state employees.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed bills, on Feb. 27, 2024, to give bonuses to correctional workers and pay raises to teachers. House Bill 4734 would provide bonuses to jail and prison employees who are not correctional officers. House Bill 4883 would provide annual salary increases for public school teachers and service personnel, state troopers and other state employees.

On Feb. 19, 2024, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 4850, which would remove a sunset clause on the states gas and oil property tax assessment methodology, which has proven controversial despite industry support, sparking claims it has overburdened assessors and short-changed landowners.

Officials in Marshall, Tyler, Wetzel and Brooke counties, along with those in Doddridge, Harrison, Monongalia and Pleasants counties, have been left wondering how in the world a third-party vendor made a significant mistake in natural gas valuations and what the state is going to do about it, after news last week that those counties received […]

As attorneys, lawmakers and state officials went round and round over lawsuits and motions regarding the condition of West Virginia’s correctional facilities, an important question was raised. Why don’t legislators have first-hand knowledge to work with? It’s impossible not to wonder why our elected officials are finding it so difficult to see inside the state’s […]

HARRISVILLE — The Ritchie County Courthouse held its centennial celebration Friday afternoon on the Ritchie County Courthouse lawn. The celebration starte

CHARLESTON — Legislators spoke with criminal justice professionals from around the state this week to get ideas for bail reform during a meeting of the Oversight Committee on Regional Jail

Legislators spoke with criminal justice professionals from around West Virginia this week to get ideas for bail reform during a meeting of the Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional

SISTERSVILLE — Memorial Health System announced plans to build a new hospital in Sistersville during a press conference Thursday. The facility will be 30,000