CHARLESTON — The Senate Finance Committee approved a stretched-out, slowed-down version of the bill to reduce the bill to reduce the severance tax on steam coal from 5 percent to […]
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House passes last-dollar-in community college bill; haggles over amendments to others
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates quickly passed the last-dollar-in community college bill on Wednesday but engaged in some long debates over amendments to some less prominent bills. And in […]
Senate Judiciary votes down Campus Carry Bill
CHARLESTON — The Campus Carry Bill, HB 2519, suffered a possibly fatal blow Tuesday night when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted it down 7-9. Two Republicans joined with seven Democrats […]
House defeats amendments to last-dollar-in community college bill
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates on Tuesday defeated several amendments aimed at broadening the scope of the last-dollar-in community college bill. And it passed the Department of Environmental Protection […]
Senate Transportation begins tweaking Road Fund formula bill
CHARLESTON — The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee began work on Tuesday on a House bill requiring the Division of Highways to develop and apply a formula to equitably distribute […]
Amid conflict, House passes some bills on Monday
CHARLESTON — Amid continuing fallout from the weekend anti-Islamic display controversy, the House of Delegates managed to work its way through its Monday calendar, passing some bills and squashing another […]
Campus Carry pulled from agenda for tweaks; not dead
CHARLESTON — The speculation began as soon as the Campus Carry Bill was pulled off the Senate Judiciary agenda Monday afternoon: The bill was dead, or at least mortally wounded. […]
College students protest Campus Carry outside Senate chamber
CHARLESTON – Close to 60 students from Concord, Fairmont State and Marshall Universities rallied in front of the Senate chamber Monday morning to protest the Campus Carry Bill. They represented […]
House Finance approves last-dollar-in community college grant bill
CHARLESTON – The House Finance Committee approved Friday evening a version of SB 1 – the last-dollar-in or “free community college” bill – slightly altered from what came over from […]
Senate suspends rules to pass handful of bills Friday; Education chair says House teacher raise bill still alive
CHARLESTON — The Senate unexpectedly passed a handful of bills Friday dealing with severance taxes, paper checks and a few other matters. There were no bills on third reading for […]
