U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, announced Monday that $82,842,125 in funding from the most recent COVID-19 relief package will be used to support health centers across West Virginia — including […]
Government
House public hearing: Property tax amendment could help industry, harm counties and schools
MORGANTOWN – Giving the Legislature authority over setting property tax rates could be good for industry and bad for counties. Those were the two primary points of view offered during […]
Farmers in select counties may be eligible for pasture pilot programs
CHARLESTON — West Virginia farmers in five select areas of the state who want to manage weeds, increase production and conserve soil on their farmland are eligible to participate in […]
Hathaway ready to represent Morgantown’s 1st Ward
MORGANTOWN — A run for city council was inevitable for Patrick Hathaway. A lifelong resident of Monongalia County, Hathaway moved into the city five years ago and got immediately to […]
House approves bill barring transgender student athletes from certain sports; kills bill requiring seniors to fill out FAFSA
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent nearly 90 minutes debating a bill regarding transgender athletes before passing it overwhelmingly. Another education-related bill, to require all high school seniors to […]
Mon Commission intends to cut levy rate again, approves 2022 spending plan
MORGANTOWN — For the fourth time in as many years, the Monongalia County Commission intends to lower the county’s levy rate. That was one of the major talking points Friday […]
Gun, legislative term limit and COVID relief money measures win approval in Senate Finance
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee Friday approved constitutional amendment resolutions regarding guns and legislative term limits. It also OK’d a House bill to give itself a say in how […]
Senate panel OKs bill to limit governor’s emergency powers, and bills regarding city annexation and legal ads
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Government Organization Committee Friday moved along bills to reign in the governor’s emergency powers, tweak how cities can annex land and change how legal ads are […]
Senate OKs water rule bill that weakens standards for some contaminants; House OKs 2nd Amendment, pro-Israel bills
MORGANTOWN – The two-year debate over a contentious drinking water pollution rule reached its conclusion Friday as the Senate approved HB 2382. HB 2382 is a Department of Environmental Protection […]
Differing resolutions to allow Legislature to set personal property tax rates advance in House and Senate
MORGANTOWN – Two different resolution to allow West Virginia voters to give the Legislature authority over setting property tax rates are working their way through the system. House Judiciary gave […]
