MORGANTOWN — A Monday morning House public hearing on a bill to expand the powers of the Public Service Commission drew only one speaker. Maria Russo spoke for the West Virginia Environmental Council to oppose the bill. HB 3446 is 17 pages long but the actual legislation is just a ...
MORGANTOWN — Bills to lower insulin and insulin device copays, and to put more oil and gas well inspectors into the field topped the list of bills winning approval in the Senate and House on Thursday. SB 577 caps the cost of a 30-day supply of insulin at $35, and $100 for devices (a ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate's Campus Self Defense Act is up for passage in the House of Delegates on Tuesday, and on Monday the majority party voted down two proposed Democratic amendments. SB 10, commonly called the campus carry bill, sets the parameters for people with concealed ...
MORGANTOWN — Legislators hope a tax break for companies that extract and produce rare earth elements and critical minerals will encourage them to set up in West Virginia. HB 3012 provides for a nine-year break in severance taxes for a company that severs, extracts and produces for sale, ...
MORGANTOWN – Coal was the theme for actions by the Senate and House energy committees on Tuesday, with two bills and one resolution moving forward. The Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee approved SB 609, which would require a West Virginia utility company to obtain approval of ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate got a jump on the House of Delegates on Monday, unanimously adopting a resolution urging Mon Power to buy the Pleasants Power Station. A twin resolution passed out of the House Energy Committee last Thursday and has been sitting in House Rules. Senators also ...
