MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates approved Friday the Senate bills dealing with local health department oversight and alternative teacher certification – both along mostly party lines. SB 12, the […]
West Virginia Legislature
Senate Judiciary OKs bill to guide actions of constitutional convention delegates, should one ever be called
MORGANTOWN – It’s not a legislative session without at least one Senate Judiciary debate on an Article V constitutional convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. Judiciary had its first one […]
Senate bill to license needle-exchange programs draws long line of physician opponents to testify against it
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Health Committee spent more than three hours Thursday hashing over a bill to license and regulate needle-exchange programs across the state. Bill lead sponsor Eric Tarr, […]
A sampling of bills introduced Thursday, Feb. 25
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills and resolutions introduced Thursday, Feb. 25. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 445, to restore the film tax […]
House amends Senate teacher strike, health board bills; both up for House passage on Friday
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates made substantive changes to the Senate teacher strike and county health board bills Thursday, in preparation for passing both bills Friday and returning them […]
Justice offers more income-tax elimination plan details in second virtual town hall
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice fielded another round of questions Wednesday evening regarding his plan to eliminate the state income tax. This was his second virtual town hall and he […]
A sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Feb. 24
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills and resolutions introduced Wednesday, Feb. 24. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 434, to require law-enforcement training to […]
House bill ends employee-based city user fees; Morgantown stands to lose $4.5 million per year
MORGANTOWN – The city of Morgantown will lose about $4.5 million a year if a bill passed out of the House Political Subdivisions Committee on Wednesday makes it all the […]
A sampling of bills introduced Tuesday, Feb. 23
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills and resolutions introduced Tuesday, Feb. 23. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 2657, to modify the definition of […]
House Energy OKs bill to remove 800-plus above-ground storage tanks from 2014 regulatory program
MORGANTOWN – Every legislative session there are one or two prominent bills that pit the interests of industry against the environmental community. HB 2598 is one of those. It was […]
