The good people of West Virginia are eager to assist those in need. To that end, the West Virginia Legislature supports enhanced funding to care for our state’s most vulnerable populations.
“The people of West Virginia will not have any legitimate faith in the Legislature until they can say this amendment passed. I mean, it’s already passed both houses unanimously. Right now, I don’t know how a voter can trust the Legislature.”
If legislators continue to demand an increase in base spending that equals or outpaces economic growth, we will never reach the point of properly affording government services
For years, Republicans complained when the Democrats were in charge that they could do whatever they wanted. The minority voice was like spitting in the wind, and GOP complaints about one party rule were legitimate.
CHARLESTON – A state Senator and candidate for state Attorney General is questioning President Joe Biden’s qualifications for candidacy on the West Virginia ballot.
FRANKFORT, Kentucky – A proposed constitutional amendment that would require U.S. citizenship to vote in Kentucky elections has passed the state House of Representatives.
CHARLESTON – A Senate resolution would create an amendment to the state Constitution providing that only West Virginia citizens who are United States citizens are qualified to vote in elections.
What is taking place at WVU right now is not unprecedented. It’s happening across the country as colleges and universities deal with the reality that our workforce is changing, and a four-year degree isn’t what it used to be.
CHARLESTON – The socialist ideologue institution of the American Federation of Teachers, who has ruined public K-12 education in large part, has found it incumbent upon themselves to issue a statement of guidance for West Virginia University. They insist that West Virginia citizens should reach deeper into their paychecks and subsidize structural deficits within the university.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a senate bill recognizing the creation of the West Virginia First Foundation that will manage nearly $1 billion in opioid settlements.
CHARLESTON – State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr has sent a letter to the federal government asking it to look into the transfer of almost $30 million of federal COVID relief money to a fund operated by Gov. Jim Justice’s office that was the source of $10 million for Marshall University’s new baseball stadium.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore is praising the state Legislature’s passage of his proposal to prevent money managers handling state pension funds from advancing their own environmental and social goals ahead of financial returns to the pensioners.
