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By: Bill Rosenberger
The Herald-Dispatch
Education is a key to West Virginia's future, acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told lawmakers during his State of the State address Wednesday night at the Capitol.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x1052104845/State-of-the-State-to-be-streamed-live
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Heading back to work this week, Americans were greeted not only by a new year but also by a whole slew of new laws -- 31,000 of them at the state level -- covering everything from guns to 100-watt light bulbs to, of course, "health care." As usual, most of these laws tell us what we can't do: texting while driving (duh), cyberbullying and smoking in bars.
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Though the Environmental Protection Agency declined to specifically comment on legislation proposed to shift more power into the hands of state officials, a spokesperson did provide further background on current permitting procedures.
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Symposium registration was sent out the first of the week to all Coal Bits recipients and completed forms are being returned at a rapid pace. A lot of requests have been made for the actual agenda and I’m sorry to report that the agenda probably won’t be available until the week before Symposium start-up date. If you need registration forms, please let us know at:
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Today, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, R.-WV, and Congressman David McKinley, R-WV introduced the “Protect America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act.”
“As my first piece of legislation in the 112th Congress, I have introduced a bill which seeks to delay for two years any action by the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and methane gases under the Clean Air Act,” Capito said in announcing the legislation. “I cannot imagine an issue more timely or more relevant to the West Virginia economy than preventing the EPA’s regulatory overreach from killing jobs and raising energy prices across the board.”
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