MORGANTOWN – Following the death of the CROWN Act – SB 496 – on Wednesday, advocacy groups on Thursday presented a check for $5,500 to Black women-led […]
West Virginia Legislature
House Judiciary advances U.S. motto, indecent exposure, sexual contact with minors, voter registration bills to House floor
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee moved four Senate bills to the House floor on Thursday – and all are on first reading on the House floor […]
Senate sends House bill prohibiting ‘non-binary’ on birth certificates to governor
MORGANTOWN – A bill to prohibit non-binary designations on birth certificates is headed to the governor’s office. The state Senate on Thursday passed HB 4233, which adds […]
Senate honors Warren McGraw, former state senator and Supreme Court chief justice
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Thursday stood to honor the life and work of Warren Randolph McGraw, former state delegate and senator, county prosecutor and judge, […]
Senate sends to House carbon credit, driving doctors and charitable giving bills on Crossover Day, kills timberland carbon tax bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate sent a series of bills to the House of Delegates on Wednesday – Crossover Day – on such issues as speeding doctors, carbon […]
Senate Judiciary advances bills to fight ‘swatting’, prohibit primary election sore-loser party switching
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced bills to enhance criminal penalties for “swatting,” and to prohibit sore-loser party switching after a primary election. HB […]
House passes education, parenting, lab meat and elections bills on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Parenting, education, lab-grown meat and elections were among the bills the House of Delegates passed and sent to the Senate on Wednesday — Crossover Day, […]
Bloom: HB 5105 a threat to West Virginia public schools
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he’s normally not one to take a public stance on the various bills being debated in Charleston. Wednesday was […]
Senate, House move bills on sports, smoking and deep-fake porn
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House of Delegates plowed through long lists of bills on Tuesday, in preparation for Crossover Day on Wednesday. School sports, smoking […]
House spends 90 minutes debating amending Raylee’s Law – concerning child abuse — into homeschooling bill
MORGANTOWN – An amendment to a bill making some tweaks to state homeschooling law plunged the House of Delegates into a 90-minute debate about child abuse prevention, […]