MORGANTOWN – With five days to go in the legislative session, Gov. Jim Justice held a personal income tax repeal summit with legislative leaders Monday, and unveiled a revised plan […]
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House committee tweaks Senate city annexation bill; counsel stirs some confusion about extent of current law
MORGANTOWN – The House Government Organization committee took up the Senate municipal annexation bill Monday and eased some of the bill’s additional restrictions on annexation by minor boundary adjustment. But […]
Senate punts action on major income tax, budget bills; House adopts resolution to make pepperoni roll state food
MORGANTOWN –- Monday was a relatively low-key day for the House and Senate floor sessions. Bills were passed, but the Senate punted action on some of its major bills to […]
Senate Education rewrites, OKs transgender athlete bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee took up and approved on Thursday a very different version of the bill regarding transgender athletes. HB 3293, as it came from the House […]
House Health OKs Senate needle exchange and welfare drug testing bills
MORGANTOWN – The House Health and Human Resources Committee approved the Senate bill to license needle exchange programs. It also approved the bill to extend the welfare applicant drug testing […]
Morrisey co-leads 13-state suit against U.S. Treasury over American Rescue Plan wording restricting state tax cuts
MORGANTOWN – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and two colleagues have followed through on their announced plan to sue the U.S. Treasury over what they allege is vague and unconstitutionally restrictive […]
A running look at House of Delegates floor action on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Wednesday is the 50th day of the legislative session – Crossover Day, the last day for House bills to cross to the Senate and Senate bills to cross […]
A running look at Senate floor action on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN – Wednesday is the 50th day of the legislative session – Crossover Day, the last day for House bills to cross to the Senate and Senate bills to cross […]
Senate Finance unveils third income tax elimination plan, sends it to Senate floor in squeaker vote
MORGANTOWN – Senate Finance took up and barely passed the third and newest version of the income tax reduction plan. The committee approved what’s called a strike and insert for […]
House adds vehicles to its property tax amendment; Sen. Maroney cleared of charge of soliciting prostitute
MORGANTOWN – The differing House and Senate proposals to allow the Legislature to set property tax rates became essentially the same on Tuesday when the House approved an amendment to […]
