By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON –The West Virginia Legislature is remaining mum on internal communications during the recent redistricting process.
The West Virginia Legislature and both individual chamber, the House of Delegates and the State Senate, denied a Freedom of Information Act request from the West Virginia Republican Party for emails and written [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
The West Virginia House of Delegates released district-by-district maps late Tuesday for the redistricting plan they passed nearly two weeks ago and could be vetoed anytime, with a second special session planned for Thursday to start all over.
According to the Acting Governor’s office, as of Tuesday morning they had not received the [...]

Wyoming County Circuit Clerk David “Bugs” Stover explains why he walked from Beckley, W.Va. to Charleston, W.Va. (Picture/Steven Allen Adams)
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
A Wyoming County official traveled to Charleston Tuesday morning to speak with officials in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the Acting Governor’s office about the House redistricting plan. Not terribly unusual, [...]

(UPDATE I: Added comments from West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue)
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Lawmakers are being called back to Charleston, W.Va. doe a second crack at redistricting West Virginia’s House of Delegates districts. The Acting Governor’s office announced Friday afternoon that the second special session will take place Thursday, Aug. 18, at noon.
Senate President Earl [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog
The Acting Governor’s office this afternoon confirmed that there are technical errors in the redistricting plan for the House of Delegates, and that a veto may be necessary.
“While the (Acting) Governor has not yet received the enrolled version of the legislation, our review of the engrossed version of the bill confirms that [...]

By Bob Williams
bobwilliams@statebudgetsolutions.org
Congress and most of the media are confusing raising the debt limit with the underlying problem: the unsustainable federal government’s current debt trajectory.   Neither Speaker Boehner’s nor Senate Majority Leader Reid’s proposal reverse or slow down the current debt trajectory.  It is simply unsustainable. According to the Congressional Budget Office, and assuming a [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Hey folks, sorry for the lack of updates the past two days. I’m trying to wrap up an investigative story before the week ends, and it’s been consuming my attention. It’s important to get it done, because Monday is the first day of what could be a really short or a really [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
After weeks of anticipation, lawmakers will return to Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, Aug. 1, to begin work on redrawing the state’s congressional, State Senate, and House of Delegates districts.
Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, acting as governor, issued a call Tuesday afternoon for the special session, which will start when the West Virginia [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Well, this has been a slow new week. With the primary elections over and the legislative interim meetings done, things have gone silent. Understandable, since this is Memorial Day weekend, when alumni come back to town, seniors graduate, and everyone else puts burgers and hot dogs on the grill. I, for one, [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
In a shot across the bow of his fellow candidates, Acting Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, sent out a debate challenge Monday with just over a month until the gubernatorial primary.
The Wheeling News-Register/Wheeling Intelligencer and West Virginia Northern Community College have offered to co-sponsor debates between all six Democratic candidates and all [...]