MORGANTOWN – House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw announced late Friday afternoon that he will contact House members next week to call them back into session on Sept. 12 – corresponding with the regularly scheduled interim committee meetings. The Senate and House had both adjourned ...
The Legislature’s special session that concluded Friday, July 29, was a massive waste of taxpayers’ money — at $35,000 a day for five days for a grand total of $175,000, to be exact. You likely don’t need us to tell you what that kind of money could have paid for, other than a week of ...
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. This, of course, in reference to some of the stunningly stupid comments West Virginia senators made on the final ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice's Tuesday COVID briefing offered some insights on “rebound phenomenon,” but also veered into musings on last week's special session that produced neither of the bills it was called to pass. Special session Justice called the session to deal with his ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate passed a retooled version of the House abortion law bill Friday night. While the Senate amended version of HB 302 is largely the same, it has two significant differences. It eliminates the criminal penalties, and it trims the window for adult victims of rape ...
On the off chance one needed further confirmation the current Legislature is dragging West Virginia backwards, one need to look no further than the attempts to “clarify” West Virginia’s abortion laws. Because instead of repealing the 1800s statute that criminalizes all abortions ...