West Virginia
Leaders preview W.Va. DHHR reform
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – West Virginia’s Division of Well being and Human Sources is the one company that touches nearly each stage of your life, and lawmakers say it’s damaged.
Fixing the company is a prime precedence when the gavel falls on a brand new legislative session — Jan. 11, 2023.
“It is advisable to have an environment friendly authorities, however then you definately additionally have to have responsive, and the DHHR neither. It’s neither environment friendly neither is it responsive,” stated Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley. “It’s been failing at on nearly each side.”
“DHHR dwarfs each different entity of presidency in West Virginia. Full cease,” stated Home Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay. “Proper now we’ve got a construction that doesn’t essentially present a full and clear alternative for actually ensuring that we’re being good stewards of these assets.”
Home and Senate leaders favor a break-up of the mammoth company.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice vetoed an analogous effort final session, as an alternative turning to consultants for a overview of DHHR and a brand new technique. That path price taxpayers greater than $1 million and led to a sequence of workers bulletins throughout the company.
However Blair contends rather more is required.
“That can do nothing, however kick the can down the street for years to come back,” he stated of the report alone.
Hanshaw shares the dedication for reform and stated he believes new laws will likely be completely different than what he calls the “blunt instrument,” lawmakers used final session.
“Each chambers of the Legislature and the governor’s workers have taken extra of a scalpel-based method versus a poleax-based method,” he stated.
Each leaders suggests some DHHR exercise belongs elsewhere.
That features shifting facets of nuclear power from DHHR to the Vitality Division; well-water testing to Environmental Safety; and milk testing to the state’s Agriculture Division.
Each leaders stated work stays on a remaining plan, but Blair gave a sneak peek at one potential choice — a structural chew firstly, shifting some facets of DHHR elsewhere after which dividing what’s left into three separate businesses.
“The important thing on it’s, is to not take your eye off that ball. It’s going to a two-, three-, four-stage course of,” Blair stated.
Incoming Senate Minority Chief Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, says he’s open to reform and foster youngsters needs to be a precedence.
“The laser focus of the Legislature on Day One, for my part, is what do we have to do to ensure the state’s most weak residents, it’s youngsters who’re abused and uncared for, are seen to, are protected,” he stated.
The Speaker and Senate President says these youngsters and others served by DHHR will likely be a driving pressure behind laws.
The Governor’s Joint Activity Drive stated Tuesday morning that officers are working by the vacation week to offer Gov. Justice suggestions on extra enhancements.
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West Virginia has added a commitment from Eastern Michigan wide receiver transfer Oran Singleton.
Singleton is coming off a season where he hauled in 64 catches for 639 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also had 23 rushing yards on 6 carries.
The Florida native started his career at Akron but transferred to Hutchinson C.C.
He has one year of eligibility remaining in his career.
WVSports.com will have more with Singleton in the near future.
Morgantown, WV – West Virginia senior guard Javon Small scored a game-high 19 points while senior center Eduardo Andre put in a Mountaineer career-best 14 points and senior guard Tobi Okani recorded a double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds as the Mountaineers (9-2) extended their winning streak to five with a 67-4 win over the Mercyhurst Lakers (6-9) Sunday afternoon.
Mercyhurst took the early lead, but West Virginia responded with a 7-0 run, ignited with a three from freshman guard Jonathan Powell, and forced Lakers head coach Gary Manchel to take a timeout.
Lakers senior forward Jeff Planutis buried a three out of the break to get back within two. The Mountaineers answered with another 7-0 run with Javon Small opening the run with a midrange jumper and Toby Okani finishing with a backdoor to cut to the rim to cap it off for the 16-7 lead at the 12:27 mark of the first half.
West Virginia struggled to pull away from a Mercyhurst program that jumped up to the Division I level over the summer and did not grab a double-digit lead until 5:50 left in the half after a jumper from senior guard Joseph Yesufu.
Eduardo Andre gave the Mountaineers their largest first half lead of 14, and the final field goal of the half, for his nine first half points with 3:32 remaining until halftime as the Mountaineers took a 35-22 lead into the break.
After West Virginia went up 16 to begin the second half, Mercyhurst dwindled the Mountaineers lead to nine with a 7-0 run, led by Aidan Reichert putting in the final five consecutive points.
West Virginia broke the game open with a 15-0 run midway through the second half with Toby Okani lead the way with six points as the Mountaineers took a 54-32 lead and coasted to a 67-46 victory.
West Virginia
Humanities Council’s traveling exhibition, ‘Born of Rebellion: West Virginia’s Statehood and the Civil War,’ on display in Bluefield
PRESS RELEASE:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Humanities Council’s flagship traveling exhibition, Born of Rebellion: West Virginia Statehood and the Civil War, is now on display at the Paine Gallery at the Bluefield Arts Center from now until February 3. Hours and information are available at www.barcwv.org.
This comprehensive, large-scale experience covers sectional tensions within Virginia preceding the Civil War, the violence and chaos of the war surrounding West Virginia’s formation and the difficult aftermath as the new state struggled to forge its destiny during Reconstruction. Born of Rebellion explores this tumultuous and complex era from a wide range of perspectives, including politicians, common soldiers, women and African Americans. Not simply a story of war and politics, Born of Rebellion conveys the complexities and pitfalls that accompanied West Virginia’s arduous journey to separation from Virginia.
“It has been such a pleasure working with Bluefield Arts and Revitalization Corporation to get Born of Rebellion in Mercer County for the holidays,” said Council Program Officer Kyle Warmack. “The Paine Gallery is a perfect display space for the exhibit, and we hope its time here provokes discussion about this part of West Virginia’s experience during the war and our journey to statehood.”
For more information about Born of Rebellion, visit wvhumanities.org and click “Traveling Exhibits” under the Programs menu. For more about the Paine Gallery, its hours of operation and other visitor information, please contact the Bluefield Arts & Revitalization Corporation at (304) 589-0239.
The West Virginia Humanities Council, an independent nonpartisan nonprofit, is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Council is supported by the NEH, the State of West Virginia and contributions from the private sector. The purposes of the West Virginia Humanities Council are educational, and its mission is to support a vigorous program in the humanities statewide in West Virginia.
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