MORGANTOWN — Three bills with impact on Monongalia County advanced out of the Senate Government Organization Committee Thursday morning. SB 530 deals with impact fees related to population growth and public service needs that designated growth counties are permitted to levy. To ...
MORGANTOWN — After three years in process, the remaking of about 10 acres on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown is ready to begin in reality. And none too soon. The Monongalia County Development Authority, which purchased the property along Richwood Avenue for $11.8 million ...
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Feb. 7. Local sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 690, to create a commission on West Virginia Agritourism to review and investigate means of preserving our farmland and growing our agricultural tourism and agricultural ...
MORGANTOWN — Three more school-related bills passed out of the House of Delegates on Wednesday and head to the Senate. HB 5863 creates the Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act. It says that starting next school year, school principals shall allow representatives of a patriotic ...
MORGANTOWN — The House Workforce Development Committee on Wednesday put the brakes on a bill aimed at protecting home-based businesses, but moved one along intended to encourage people to work. HB 5426 is called the Protect Home-Based Work Act. It provides a list of things a local ...
CHARLESTON — After debate that has flared up almost daily, the House of Delegates passed a bill that would define standards for community programs to monitor and analyze information about air quality. The bill still would need to be passed by the state Senate to move toward becoming law. “This bill does not prevent community air monitoring,” said Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher, R-Wood. “It basically says be careful with the data that you get from that.” Most of the debate has been about limits on how the collected air quality information could be used. The bill says that ...
