U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), hosted a West Virginia Farm Bill Priorities Roundtable Monday in Morgantown, with U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition […]
Local Government
Bill takes aim at election changes
CHARLESTON — Delegates Monday advanced a bill specifying the Legislature has the ability to bring legal actions against state government officials who make or attempt unauthorized changes in state election […]
A sampling of bills introduced Monday, Jan. 22 and Tuesday, Jan. 23
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced Monday, Jan. 22. Local sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. TWEET @DominionPostWV
House of Delegates debates amendment on bill concerning supervision of nurse anesthetists, passes pair of elections bills
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Monday passed a couple elections bills unanimously with minimal discussion. The big debate of the day was about an amendment to a bill […]
Community garden program a requirement of Green Bag Road project
MORGANTOWN — Call it Green Bag’s gardening greenbacks. Or, maybe, seed money. Whatever it’s called, members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Policy Board are hopeful an environmental requirement to […]
Justice says he is flexible if bigger teacher pay raises are advanced by legislators
Gov. Jim Justice indicated flexibility if lawmakers choose a pay raise for educators at a higher price tag than he’s already advocated. “There’s plenty of wiggle room in mine,” Justice […]
State GOP postpones meeting about closing primaries
CHARLESTON — With the state pounded by snow, West Virginia GOP has postponed a meeting that could have included a vote on closing primary voting to party members only. That […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Jan. 19
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced Friday, Jan. 19. Local sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. TWEET @DominionPostWV
Delegates hear Corrections situation improving
CHARLESTON — The state Corrections commissioner told lawmakers Thursday that a staffing crisis has started to ease and that National Guard support has begun to be drawn down. Corrections Commissioner […]
Pay raises for educators not a done deal
CHARLESTON — Pay raise bills for West Virginia educators passed their first committee hurdle with a more ambitious proposal than what had been publicly discussed up to now, but there’s […]
