The Legislature Today: Joe Thorton

It’s been almost a month now since the release of an efficiency review of the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The 116 pages contain 78 recommendations that could save the state millions - in just one year, but who is behind this report claiming to help improve the largest agency in West Virginia? In part one of our series this week, find out how this small company can save a state major money.

A Union loss in August of 1863 meant that the formation of the Supreme Court in the new state of West Virginia had to be delayed.

A new teacher evaluation system approved by the West Virginia Legislature in 2011 is one factor that allowed the state to get a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The waiver is expected to give the state more flexibility in how it addresses problems in low performing schools.

Consol Energy is re-starting its operations at a mine along the West Virginia, Pennsylvania border, more than two months after it closed because of a fire.

The US Department of Veteran’s Affairs has a brand new women’s clinic at its hospital outside of Huntington.