WOWK-TV - If you're among the many West Virginians getting state assistance, the Republican majority in the Legislature wants you to be drug-free. Read/WatchBills introduced in the House and Senate would require drug testing for some people who receive welfare checks.The proposals would require a reasonable suspicion of drug use before a drug test is…
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The State Journal - A bill that would repeal the prevailing wage was advanced to a third reading with the right to make amendments in the West Virginia Senate Feb. 11. ReadSenators said they wanted to reach a compromise before passing the legislation, which would eliminate prevailing hourly wage requirements for the construction of pubic…
Charleston Gazette - With less than a week to go before the 2015 deadline to sign up under the Affordable Care Act, enrollment numbers for West Virginia have leveled off, but health officials predict the state will see a surge in sign-ups similar to last year's before the enrollment periods closes on Monday. ReadSunday is…
West Virginia Public News Service - At least 100 West Virginia contracting companies have written to state senators opposing the repeal of the state's prevailing wage law, according to state lawmakers. ReadMany of the letters say the law keeps local contractors on a level playing field with out-of-state firms.John Strickland, president of the Maynard C.…
Charleston Daily Mail - Hundreds of contractors and laborers lined the halls of the west wing of the state Capitol as lawmakers discussed and advanced a bill which would repeal the state's prevailing wage rates for the first time during two separate Senate committee meetings on Tuesday. ReadWith a committee room pushed beyond capacity —…
Charleston Gazette - Coalfield communities struggling with mounting job losses as the nation's energy markets restructure would receive hundreds of millions of dollars in new money to help create jobs and plan economic diversification programs, under the new budget proposed Monday by President Obama. ReadThe administration is proposing $1 billion in new spending over the…
West Virginia Public News, Hampshire Review, Gilmer Free Press - People pushing to end West Virginia's prevailing wage law say the move is intended to cut the cost of building schools and other public construction projects. But several new studies warn that a repeal would raise costs instead. ReadThe prevailing wage law mandates that construction…
Sunday Gazette-Mail - Debates about "right to work" legislation are likely to heat up in West Virginia during coming weeks. ReadLast Tuesday, a bill called the "Creating Workplace Freedom Act" was introduced in the state Senate.The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, would prohibit requiring workers to join unions in workplaces covered…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - At the legislature today, when their party took over control of the House and Senate, Republicans promised tort reform. Watch Sean O'Leary on the Legislature Today talking about the state's prevailing wage law.Several bills are moving through the legislative process including one about nursing home administrators that was up for…
Charleston Gazette - Nearly 100 people, including dozens of union workers, packed a committee room Thursday as the state Senate began an effort to repeal West Virginia's prevailing wage law, only to see the repeal abruptly dropped from the committee agenda, pushed back to next week. ReadThe prevailing wage law requires that state-funded construction projects…