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Financial funding matters around West Virginia Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) have been referred to the Committee on Special Investigations, the state Auditor and the legislative auditor. 

CHARLESTON – A West Virginia lawmaker called for an investigation and audit of a non-profit organization often activated for flood relief in the state. During a meeting Sunday afternoon of the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding, Senate Finance Committee chairman Eric Tarr called for the Legislature’s Commission on Special Investigations, the criminal investigation arm of […]

CHARLESTON — A West Virginia lawmaker called for an investigation and audit of a non-profit organization often activated for flood relief in the state. Dur

I was running the numbers, and to my astonishment, this will be my 35th regular session of the Legislature, and my third in semi-retirement.

CHARLESTON – As Gov. Jim Justice prepares to present his final budget request to lawmakers next week, West Virginia wrapped up the first six months of the current fiscal year with positive tax collection numbers. According to the monthly tax collection report released Tuesday morning by state Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, West […]

CHARLESTON — As Gov. Jim Justice prepares to present his final budget request to lawmakers next week, West Virginia wrapped up the first six months of the cur

CHARLESTON — Nine months after Senate Bill 677 established the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund and placed the administrative authority of the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund under

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nine months after Senate Bill 677 established the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund and placed the administrative authority of the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund

First in an occasional series on academic changes in state-funded colleges and universities.

Critics argue that cutting humanities majors will leave states with fewer leaders and citizens who are well-rounded.