MORGANTOWN – Wednesday was Crossover Day at the Legislature: Day 50 of the 60-day session, the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin and cross the […]
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Senate takes up bill to ban mail-order abortion medications
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate will be voting on a bill to ban the prescription and dispensing of abortion medications by mail order. The Judiciary Committee hashed over SB […]
Micro-hospital Certificate of Need bill dies in committee
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to exempt micro-hospitals from the Certificate of Need process died in the House Health Committee on Thursday. The original HB 3487 aimed to eliminate CON […]
Senate passes Holocaust education, pharmacist prescription bills
dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday passed a Holocaust education bill and a pharmacist prescription bill and sent them to the House of Delegates. SB 54 is the […]
Hospital Association, Mon Health oppose new micro-hospital Certificate of Need bill
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – While the governor’s bill to repeal the Certificate of Need process died in February, some delegates are making a stab at doing away with CON for what […]
House of Delegates sends Mon-Preston road plowing bill to Senate
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A bill to require the Division of Highways to contract for snow removal on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties barely squeaked out of the House […]
House Education kills bill to enable boards to fire school administrators
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to give county school boards – and indirectly, superintendents – more hiring and firing power fizzled in the Education Committee Monday afternoon. Current code […]
DOGE removes Parkersburg office from closure list; a NETL contract ripple in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – A federal building lease canceled by DOE in Parkersburg appears to be un-canceled. And Morgantown sees a tiny ripple among $20 billion in DOGE contract cancellations. On the […]
State Senate sends school Guardian bill to House; fate of rival bills remains uncertain
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate sent its bill to put contracted Guardians into public schools over to the House of Delegates on Thursday, but what will become of it […]
State Senate committee again advances bill to require education on the Holocaust
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate is again attempting to pass a bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools. The Education Committee approved a trimmed-down version of SB […]
