MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates Wednesday approved the bill extending the pilot program to drug test applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families through 2026. The bill is SB […]
Local Government
Senate Judiciary rewrites House Second Amendment bill to target federal commandeering
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary took up a Second Amendment bill supported by gun lobbyists but opposed by police, rewrote and fine tuned it, and turned it into something not so […]
Mon Commission to host Manchin for American Rescue Plan discussion
MORGANTOWN — As part of the American Rescue Plan, billions of dollars will be distributed among every town, city, county and state in America. In shorter supply, however, are specific […]
Preston Commission wants to help EMS, get more info from the agencies
KINGWOOD –- Preston County commissioners discussed an agreement with local EMS to update information at their Tuesday meeting. County Administrator Kathy Mace said a draft of an agreement was made […]
House Judiciary tweaks some flaws from needle exchange bill, sends it to full House
MORGANTOWN — House Judiciary on Wednesday took up the ever-morphing bill to license needle exchange programs and offered a rewrite to remove some provisions physicians and pubic health officials worried […]
Senate Finance undoes Senate Judiciary rewrite of House personal property tax amendment; 1% county sales tax gone
MORGANTOWN – You may have seen one of those cartoons where someone in a carnival shooting gallery fires at the duck and ping, it goes right, then ping, back to […]
Senate delays action on income tax repeal and budget bills for a day; special session for repeal looks likely
MORGANTOWN – The writing is on the wall for the personal income tax repeal bill – for this session at least. The Senate on Tuesday punted action on passing the […]
Divided House of Delegates OKs bill to allow school boards to post financial statements online; adopts amendment extending TANF drug testing pilot
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates barely passed a bill on Tuesday allowing school boards to post financial statements online – over objections the state’s spotty broadband will disenfranchise many […]
WVU public advocacy students hold protest against campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Master’s of Public Administration students gathered in front of the Mountainlair Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to campus carry policies. “I just imagine […]
Westover Council approves member’s resignation
WESTOVER—Westover Councilmember-at-Large Stephen Lawrence’s resignation was unanimously approved at Monday night’s meeting after he moved away due to unforeseen family circumstances. According to the city’s charter, the remaining council members […]
