W.Va. lawmakers end special session with passage of gas tax, energy policy, road fund measures West Virginia's Legislature ended its special session Friday ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin expects to sign bills giving the state's large cities pension-funding relief and approving the sale ...
Feds indict 5 in scam that allegedly fooled state agencies into paying $3.3M to fake companies A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying ...
W.Va. consumer advocate, PSC staff oppose Frontier's plan to acquire Verizon's phone lines Some key state regulatory officials are opposing Frontier Communications Corp.'s plan to buy Verizon's wire line business in West Virginia and 13 other states. The Public Service Commission's staff ...
Report shows PROMISE scholars stay in W.Va. at lower rates, but lawmakers happy with program Recipients of merit-based PROMISE scholarships stay in West Virginia at a lower rate than the average in-state college graduate, a new report shows. Some lawmakers say the ...
Environmental groups sue to return West Virginia flying squirrel to endangered species list Environmental groups are suing the federal government to return a type of flying squirrel to the endangered species list. The small nocturnal squirrel is only found in higher elevations ...
WVU economic forecast calls for West Virginia employment to begin growing again in 2010 The state economy should begin producing more jobs than it loses around the middle of 2010, West Virginia University predicted in its annual economic outlook Wednesday. But the ...
Manchin, other W.Va. officials vow to speak in single, pro-coal voice to mining regulators An array of West Virginia's top political leaders stood shoulder-to-shoulder Tuesday with executives from the state's top coal producers, vowing to form a united front in the face ...
W.Va. governor to host private meeting on coal's future with government, industry, labor Gov. Joe Manchin is planning to host a private meeting on the future of coal in West Virginia with government, industry and labor representatives. Manchin spokesman Matt Turner says ...
Multistate power line developers willing to delay consideration of applications in W.Va., Va. The developers of a multistate power line project said Wednesday they are willing to delay a regulatory decision on their $1.9 billion project until January 2011 to make the ...
Children direct certified for school lunches The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school ...
Questions emerge over West Virginia association to legalize cockfighting in state Ever since a man in a chicken costume showed up in front of West Virginia's state Capitol last week, questions have arisen about the stunt's alleged purpose: to legalize cockfighting in ...
