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Finger-pointing starting on budget impasse
Hoppy's Commentary | Hoppy Kercheval – Talkline host
Former Governor Arch Moore had some famous fights with the Legislature over the budget. During one dispute, Moore appeared before the state Supreme Court to argue his case for cutting $2 million from the Legislature’s proposed budget.
According to John Morgan’s book West Virginia Governors, “His argument ranged from colonial times, when governors of...
Tomblin won’t hesitate to send lawmakers home without a final budget
By Jeff Jenkins | WV MetroNews
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told MetroNews Monday if he doesn’t see progress by the middle of next week with a new state budget he’ll send lawmakers home and call them back for a special session before July 1.
The House of Delegates and state Senate are expected to pass their own budget proposals by the end of this week. They will both differ from the governor’s...
Tension growing under the Capitol dome
Hoppy's Commentary | Hoppy Kercheval, WV MetroNews
By this time in the session, the West Virginia Legislature is like family; by that I mean everybody is mad at each other and they’re fighting about money.
That’s inevitable for several reasons.
First, the 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 Senators have been occupying the same space here at the Capitol for seven weeks; meetings and floor speeches...
PROMISE scholarship seeing more high school seniors apply this year
By Carrie Hodousek | WV MetroNews
More high school seniors have applied for West Virginia’s PROMISE Scholarship this year compared to last year, according to the state Higher Education Policy Commission.
“As of March 1, we had 11,791 students that filled out the PROMISE application, which is a little increase from over the last year. We had around 11,400 sign up.” said Brian Weingart,...
Tomblin appoints Scott Rotruck to fill state BOE void
By MetroNews Staff
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced the appointment of Scott Rotruck to the state Board of Education Friday.
Rotruck will take over immediately, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Wade Linger last year.
“Scott possesses a wealth of knowledge from industries fundamental to our state’s economic growth and ongoing development,” Tomblin said. “His years of experience in...