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Statehouse reporter/columnist for @wvgazette. Contact at 304-348-1220, or philk@wvgazette.com. RT's are not endorsements.
Feb 23, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
I think every Charleston baseball fan was disappointed when the W.Va. Power didn't get an invite into the new, 120-team Minor Leagues. However, if we join the independent Atlantic League, there's a lot of positives. What follows is a few examples.
1/ 9 1. Later start of seasons. Full-season Minor Leagues start their seasons (in normal years) the first week of April. The Atlantic League (in normal years) starts the last week of April.
Aprils in Charleston tend to be rainy and chilly, not conducive to watching baseball.
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Oct 20, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
State Code on FOIA law (29B-1-3(f)) states: "The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic data base of notices of requests as required by section three-a of this article. The database shall be made available to the public via the Internet...
1/4 ...and shall list each freedom of information request received and the outcome of the request. The Secretary of State shall provide on the website a form for use by a public body to report the results of the freedom of information request...
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Sep 15, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
The story so far: To address the pandemic, W.Va. adopted a Harvard Global color-coded risk assessment map, which calls for shutting down a lot of activities when spread of the virus gets to dangerous levels (orange), and going full stay-at-home when spread... ...reaches critical levels (red). However, instead of applying it to all societal activities as intended, the W.Va. version was "tweaked" so it only applies to public schools and nursing home visitation.