Governor issues special session call
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday afternoon called for a special session of the West Virginia Legislature, effective immediately after the adjournment of their regular session. The regular session,...
View ArticleUpdated: Tomblin annouces Thompson will join cabinet, will resign as Speaker...
UPDATE: Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, will leave the Legislature to become Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Veterans Assistance. Tomblin made the...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Speaker Thompson to resign, Congress considers cuts to SNAP
Nothing better than walking into the office and finding some big, breaking news waiting for you. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced this morning he would appoint House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, as...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Hydrocodone tops Medicare prescriptions, House looks for a...
Earlier this month, the nonprofit investigative journalism website ProPublica released a database of prescriptions covered by Medicare Part D in 2010. The database provides drug-by-drug,...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: speaker’s race, NCLB waiver, audits and powerball
A federal flexibility waiver and an uptick in lottery sales welcomed some West Virginia officials Monday. The subjects of several audits also released were not quite as happy, while the race to become...
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Lunchtime rundown: Spelling bees, sequester cuts and campaign questions
…and we’re back. Sorry for the unannounced hiatus. I took a few days off last week, sans laptop, and didn’t get around to telling you guys. I’m sure you missed me. In other news, this happened: My...
View ArticleTomblin appoints former Speaker of the House as revenue secretary
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced this morning former Speaker of the House of Delegates Bob Kiss will take over as Cabinet Secretary of the state Department of Revenue. Kiss starts his new job July 1. He...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Caperton out of politics, Tomblin appoints Kiss
Although former Gov. Gaston Caperton was considered a potential candidate for U.S. Senate after Sen. Jay Rockefeller announced his retirement last year, Caperton has no interest in running for Congress...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Speaker election coming soon, interim topics announced,...
Expect a flurry of legislative action in the next few days. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will call the House of Delegates into a special session on Tuesday to elect a new Speaker. Keith Gwinn, secretary of...
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