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Lunchtime rundown: Roads, budgets and education
Greetings from underneath the big gold dome. The 81st Legislature is two days old. It’s also Valentine’s Day, so let’s start today’s lunchtime roundup off with something truly romantic. Roads. It’s...
View ArticleBeach to Turnpike toll bill: None shall pass
Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bob Beach, D-Monongalia, said Monday a bill to remove tolls from the West Virginia Turnpike by 2020 will not pass his committee this session. The House...
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Lunchtime rundown: ND Legacy Fund offers lessons for W.Va., pesnions cost...
When you’re talking about state budgets, pensions are a big deal. West Virginia spent more than 10 percent of last year’s budget on its pension plans, including $490 million for teachers’ and state...
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Lunchtime rundown: Overhaul planned for state juvenile system, Rockefeller...
The Harriet B. Jones Treatment Center in Harrison County (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services) Court-ordered fixes to the state’s juvenile corrections system could cost...
View ArticleBlue Ribbon Commission on Highways wants to increase DMV fees
Since 1981, state drivers have paid $5 to get a title from the DMV. That could soon change, according to recommendations from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin‘s Blue Ribbon Commission on Highways. The commission...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: NPLEx explained, officials reflect on recent shutdown, and...
Much has been written about the National Precursor Log Exchange, West Virginia’s pseudoephedrine tracking system that rolled out to every state pharmacy earlier this year. But one thing missing from...
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