History, in a nut shell, people are working harder, they are working longer hours, and they are getting paid less in real dollars. This is not true for corporate executives. The ceoworker pay ratio was 21 in 1965. Today it is more than 300 to 1. I am fine with paying for Exceptional Results and investing in talent. I believe in that but i believe the gaps in practices should be transparent. I think the state Investment Board can help. I have asked the Investment Board to go further and exercise its Voting Authority to reduce the widening pay gap between ceos and their workers. [applause] i am encouraging the board to promote this policy with other states and instew institutional investors. Small steps like this can be the beginnings of bigger journeys. I started a different journey with my new executive order in Public Health and firearms. You know, more people in washington are dying from firearm fatalities than even from traffic accidents. We have a Public Health crisis. We need a Pu
Modest is unjustified costofliving adjustment adjustment, the first since 2008. Also made paying for college easier on family budgets. The only state in the United States to pass a to wishing cut this year for students. [applause] republicans had a great idea to have the tuition cut and i gladly give them credit. [applause] also gladly give democrats credit that we should cut tuition for every one including community and Technical Colleges. [applause] together we found a way. This is something everyone in the chamber can celebrate. We restore funding for one of our most precious public assets, our state parks. It was heartbreaking to even consider having to close some of these parks last year there is a family frolicking on the beach i remember my own childhood when mom and dad would throw was the back of the Station Wagon and taken sell for the day or the weekend just knowing this tradition will continue is extremely gratifying. One of the biggest performance it will continue to be fe
PARKERSBURG West Virginia University at Parkersburg is looking at the needs of the communities it serves as the college expands and focuses on facilities an
Last week at the West Virginia State Capitol, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, along with T-Mobile executive Edwige Robinson, highlighted the impact of a $200 million investment from T-Mobile telecommunications upgrades in the Mountain State.