MORGANTOWN — Senators flushed a House dirty diaper bill down the toilet on Tuesday as a form of protest for House inaction on a host of Senate bills. HB 5002 would require that all state-owned rest areas and welcome centers built after Jan. 1, 2025, have at least one diaper-changing ...
MORGANTOWN — Senate President Craig Blair stepped down from the president's dais Monday morning to promote a resolution urging the federal government to reform its energy permitting process. SJR 16 was before the members: “Urging the United States Congress to enact much-needed reforms ...
BY MIKE NOLTING State lawmakers are reacting following the ‘no confidence’ vote by the West Virginia University Faculty Assembly. The assembly voted 797 to 100 Wednesday afternoon in favor of the resolution. It now goes to the WVU Board of Governors for consideration. The BOG issued ...
CHARLESTON — House and Senate leaders along with the governor’s office have been meeting in recent weeks, working toward a possible solution to the problem of worker vacancy rates in the state’s jails and prisons. Senate President Craig Blair said the meetings, the latest of which ...
West Virginia’s state government finished the fiscal year with a $1.8 billion surplus and still has $451 million of that unappropriated. A large portion of what remains to be appropriated is likely to support highways maintenance, and state officials are still figuring out the ...
Several West Virginia leaders are in Seattle, Wash., this week for the latest installment of the “Choose West Virginia Tour.” House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw said the group, which includes Senate President Craig Blair, WVU President Gordon Gee, Marshall President Brad Smith ...