by Kevin Frazier Learning from your mistakes isn’t just something that applies to your personal life — it’s a core lesson of political science. Ten years before the Framers of […]
Tag: Constitutional amendment
Senate sends to House carbon credit, driving doctors and charitable giving bills on Crossover Day, kills timberland carbon tax bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate sent a series of bills to the House of Delegates on Wednesday – Crossover Day – on such issues as speeding doctors, carbon credits, charitable giving, […]
Senate Judiciary OKs bill to raise smoking age to 21; also handles church and sexual assault measures
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary cruised through a series of bills on Friday, dealing with churches, sexual assault, and belief-based student organizations, but the one that spurred the most debate was […]
Senate Judiciary OKs House resolution to forbid non-citizen voting in the state
MORGANTOWN – A House resolution for a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting non-citizen voting in local elections took another step forward on Wednesday, with Senate Judiciary approving an amended version of […]
House, Senate move measures dealing with voting and students
MORGANTOWN – A voting measure and a handful of bills dealing with students and students’ healthcare cleared the House and Senate on Tuesday. HJR 21 proposes a constitutional amendment to […]
When will GOP get the message people want their abortion rights?
Here is the lesson from last Tuesday’s special election in Ohio, where voters resoundingly defeated a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to pass state constitutional amendments […]
The amendment that never was — but could still be
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the amendment that never was: the Equal Rights Amendment First introduced to Congress in 1923 on the heels of the 19th Amendment granting […]
A look at Amendment 4: The Education Accountability Amendment
MORGANTOWN – Today we look at the fourth of four constitutional amendments coming before West Virginia voters in November. Amendment 4 is called Education Accountability Amendment and aims to clarify […]
A look at constitutional Amendment 3 before West Virginia voters in November
MORGANTOWN – Today we look at the third of four constitutional amendments that will be before West Virginia voters in November. It’s the simplest and least controversial of the four […]
A look at state constitutional Amendment 1, regarding role of Legislature and courts in impeachment proceedings
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia voters will have the opportunity to vote on four proposed amendments to the state Constitution on November’s ballot. They are: Clarification of the Judiciary’s Role in […]
