DBeard@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN — A divided state Senate on Wednesday passed the House bill stripping the voting rights from certain members of university governing boards. The vote followed an unsuccessful effort […]
West Virginia Legislature
House passes amended Senate municipal elections bill and returns it to Senate
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Monday passed and sent back to the Senate the bill to align municipal election dates with statewide primary and general elections. The […]
Senate committee advances bill to remove voting power from 4 WVU BOG members
MORGANTOWN – The House bill that would strip the voting rights from the two faculty representatives, the classified staff representative and the student body representative on the WVU Board of […]
House amends Senate city elections bill to shorten time for municipalities to change their voting dates
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Friday adopted an amendment to the Senate’s bill to align municipal election dates with state dates – an amendment that will likely be […]
Senate committee adds third option to bill for schools to put guards on campus
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee on Friday upped the ante on both chambers’ efforts to enable schools to put some form of security guards in their hallways. The […]
A look at bills that died before Crossover Day at the Capitol
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 […]
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 […]
