After two hours of debate, West Virginia delegates passed a bill “relating to forbidding government limitations on exercise of religion.” Discussion on the House floor sprawled across how far religious freedom extends and where discrimination begins. House Bill 3042 passed ...
CHARLESTON — The state Senate passed a broad-ranging tax bill in a flash on Saturday. Now it’s in the hands of the House of Delegates, which could take a little more time. House Majority Leader Eric Householder, R-Berkeley, said delegates are likely to take up the tax bill next week in ...
If the Morgantown Utility Board is going to manage Westover’s sanitary sewer system, it needs control of the city’s stormwater system as well. Leadership from both MUB and the city agree working on one and not the other simply isn’t possible. As previously reported, the city is in ...
The list of Morgantown City Council candidates who will appear on the ballot for the city’s April 25 election has been finalized. The ballot will include three incumbents, an unopposed newcomer in the 3rd Ward and an outspoken longtime Morgantown businessman making his debut in elected ...
MORGANTOWN — Monday's state Senate actions included booze, health care and schools. SB 534 began as a cleanup bill for some liquor legislation passed last year, but grew in committee and in Senate floor amendments into a tourism and economic development bill. Senators adopted a ...
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 ...
