Medical Cannabis – Part Two Steve Novotney December 16, 2017 1 It was an unexpected but welcome development for many when a legislative side road was navigated to get a vote on medicinal cannabis on the floor of the West Virginia House of Delegates. It was late March, a...
Despite Defeat, Kessler Ready to Address State Budget Steve Novotney May 15, 2016 1 He wasn’t going to lie. It was an honest campaign because Sen. Jeff Kessler spoke the truth about the current state of West Virginia and what is needed to balance the budget and to address the continuing pop...
A Broken PROMISE Jason Marling May 14, 2016 3 The PROMISE Scholarship is a $4,750 scholarship awarded to West Virginia graduating seniors who maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average and earn an ACT 22 composite score with a minimum of 20 in English, ma...
Morning Drinks On Sunday Could Become A WV Reality Steve Novotney March 16, 2016 4 The “Brunch Bill.” If the referendum ballot issue is approved by the majority of voters in Ohio County, businesses that serve alcohol within its borders will begin selling the Mimosas and daiquiris and domes...
State Legislators Discuss Diversity In The Capitol Lee Chottiner December 7, 2015 This article is presented via a Weelunk partnership with Dateline:Wheeling. For more great Lee Chottiner stories, poetry, and images that focus on Wheeling, go to DatelineWheeling.com. If you’re Black, Hisp...
The Balancing Act of Erikka Storch Steve Novotney September 20, 2015 It’s a Chicken Cobb salad. The ingredients are supposed to be scattered about and pretty much everywhere within the bowl. But Erikka Storch wouldn’t stand for it. The tomatoes have to be here, the hard-boile...
Will Companies Claim Eminent Domain on Gas Rights? Glynis Board September 8, 2015 1 Eminent Domain of Natural Gas Rights Discussed in Wheeling About 10 people showed up for a public meeting at the McLure House in Wheeling last week (9/3/15) to discuss forced oil and gas leasing. It may not ...
Quality of Life the Focus of Weirton Forum Steve Novotney August 11, 2015 It’s about spreading information in hopes of instigating reforms in households and within the state’s law books, and those behind this effort will visit the Northern Panhandle in less than a week. Over the p...
Q and A: Ryan Ferns Sarah Cuff Koegler May 17, 2015 2 In April 2015, OV Connect hosted a panel of local legislators to reflect on the recent session. Delegates Erikka Storch and Shawn Fluharty and Sen. Jeff Kessler attended this luncheon, but unfortunately the dat...
Storch – Fluharty Q&A: Legislature’s Regular Session “Frustrating” Steve Novotney March 29, 2015 2 They most definitely disagree with each other on occasion. But do Erikka Storch and Shawn Fluharty debate because she is a Republican and he is a Democrat? Is it because Fluharty is a criminal defense attorn...
Q&A With Shawn Fluharty Steve Novotney November 5, 2014 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The other kids made fun of him because he lived in a trailer with his mother during his elementary school days, and at first Shawn Fluharty was embarrassed. His parents, Dou...
Q&A With Erikka Storch Steve Novotney November 5, 2014 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The first decision Erikka Storch made when walking into her new office as the president of the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce was to open the vertical blinds that hid an e...
