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County Commission Plans To Finance New HQ With $16 Million Bond

AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Hit Jefferson County

County Commission Wants Impact Fees To Help Cover Costs of New Offices

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

Birdhill Subdivison Stormwater Management Plan Reviewed by WV DEP

WVU Medicine Will Invest In Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

Sidewinder Files Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Planning Commission

Mobile Food Pantry Serves Growing Need In WV’s Eastern Panhandle

Data Center Microgrid Bill Passes WV House & Senate, To Governor For Signature

Senate Passes Data Center Bill After Changing Tax Distribution Formula

Data Center Tax: Local Share Set By Senate Committee

Governor Morrisey Looks To Data Centers To Fund West Virginia’s Future

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Governor Morrisey Looks To Data Centers To Fund West Virginia’s Future

April 7, 2025 Tagged With: data centers, Governor Patrick Morrisey, microgrids, WV Legislature, WV Senate

200 megawatt gas-fired power plant

Governor Patrick Morrisey is pushing for the West Virginia legislature to pass legislation to attract data centers to the Mountain State. Read the Full Story >>

State Legislature Meets For Special Session In August

August 31, 2023 Tagged With: fire and rescue, In Print Sep 2023, personal property tax, state budget, WV Corrections Department, WV Legislature

The West Virginia legislature passed 35 bills during a special session in August 2023. Read the Full Story >>

West Virginia Legislature’s Meeting Schedule

August 31, 2023 Tagged With: In Print Sep 2023, WV Legislature

The West Virginia state capitol in Charleston.

Explaining the schedule of the West Virginia Legislature. Read the Full Story >>

Watching The West Virginia Legislature

January 25, 2023 Tagged With: In Print Feb 2023, politics, WV House of Delegates, WV Legislature, WV Senate

west virginia state capitol

The West Virginia state legislature convened on January 11 2023 for a sixty day regular session. Read the Full Story >>

Census Numbers Drive Redistricting

August 25, 2021 Tagged With: census, economic development, housing, WV Legislature

The 2021 West Virginia House of Delagate's district map.

According to the 2020 Census results, West Virginia is a lot less crowded than it was a decade ago. With an overall drop of over 59,000 residents since 2010 (a 3.3% decrease), the state’s population decline stands out even from the other two states to lose population over the past decade, Mississippi (down 0.2%) and Illinois (down 0.1%). However, the story is a bit different in the Eastern Panhandle. Read the Full Story >>

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