West Virginia is ahead of a deadline this week to provide supporting documentation to the U.S. Department of Education over the state’s pledge to maintain proportional levels of support for […]
Local Government
Solar for safety: Two groups proposing panel-equipped ‘resilience hubs’ for shelters during weather emergencies
Drenching rains. Paralyzing bouts of cold and snow — followed by record-breaking high temperatures the next week, or the next day, even. Lashing rains and winds that generate the funnel […]
Senate sends Social Security tax break, state worker pay raise bills to governor’s desk
CHARLESTON — The state Senate, after a couple of days of delays, passed a bill representing pay raises for some state employees and another phasing out taxes on Social Security […]
Budget bill comes in at wire
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers passed a $4.96 billion general revenue budget Saturday in the final hours of the regular legislative session. The budget included average 5% pay raises for […]
House passes bill allowing teachers to remove disruptive students from class
Delegates passed a long-discussed bill that would allow elementary school teachers to remove especially disruptive students from classrooms. SB 614 passed on an 82-14 vote. The bill already passed the […]
Bill removing marital exemption from some sex assault cases heads to governor’s desk
The House of Delegates passed a bill to remove a marital exemption for some criminal sexual offenses Senate Bill 190 would remove a provision in criminal code where an allegation […]
Amendments defeated for national motto, intelligent design bills for schools
Delegates didn’t put their faith in proposed amendments to a bill requiring “In God We Trust” signs in schools or another bill ensuring classroom discussions are allowed to ruminate on […]
Senate passes House bills regarding PROMISE, porn sites, solar sites, school security guards as session enters final days
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate moved through a series of House bills on Thursday, as both chambers head into the 60th and final day of the session on Saturday. Here […]
State employee pay raises would be tied to personal income tax trigger in Senate bill
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pay raise bill for public employees, but with a twist. The Senate’s version of the bill would tie an average 4% raise for public […]
Senate Health passes vaccination exemption bill
The Senate Health Committee advanced a bill that loosens some of West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements, with the chairman saying he wouldn’t have run it if he’d had a choice […]
