MORGANTOWN — House Judiciary on Wednesday took up the ever-morphing bill to license needle exchange programs and offered a rewrite to remove some provisions physicians and pubic health officials worried […]
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Senate Finance undoes Senate Judiciary rewrite of House personal property tax amendment; 1% county sales tax gone
MORGANTOWN – You may have seen one of those cartoons where someone in a carnival shooting gallery fires at the duck and ping, it goes right, then ping, back to […]
Senate delays action on income tax repeal and budget bills for a day; special session for repeal looks likely
MORGANTOWN – The writing is on the wall for the personal income tax repeal bill – for this session at least. The Senate on Tuesday punted action on passing the […]
Divided House of Delegates OKs bill to allow school boards to post financial statements online; adopts amendment extending TANF drug testing pilot
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates barely passed a bill on Tuesday allowing school boards to post financial statements online – over objections the state’s spotty broadband will disenfranchise many […]
WVU public advocacy students hold protest against campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Master’s of Public Administration students gathered in front of the Mountainlair Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to campus carry policies. “I just imagine […]
PSD 1 asks Preston Commission for $600K
KINGWOOD – PSD No. 1 plant manager Danny Layton asked Preston County commissioners to consider the PSD for $633,000 to upgrade the water treatment plant and about 3,500 feet of […]
Westover Council approves member’s resignation
WESTOVER—Westover Councilmember-at-Large Stephen Lawrence’s resignation was unanimously approved at Monday night’s meeting after he moved away due to unforeseen family circumstances. According to the city’s charter, the remaining council members […]
Gov. unveils new income tax plan, ‘Justice 4 All,’ at summit
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 […]
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 […]
Firefighters demand public hearing over pay cut; city responds
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s firefighters have demanded a public hearing with the civil service commission over the pay reduction they say was retaliation by the city manager for refusing a lawsuit […]
