Last year when the Legislature was considering a bill to generate money to hire more state inspectors for oil and gas wells, lobbyist David McMahon warned that it wouldn’t be enough. “We appreciate this bill. We think it’s not enough,” McMahon, co-founder of the West Virginia ...
The future of energy and the Mountain State The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, came to a close this past Tuesday. World leaders in government, business, finance and energy (renewable and, yes, fossil fuels) came together for nearly two ...
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, heads to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. He'll be participating in two panel discussions, on Wednesday and Friday, he said. He told The Dominion Post he's ...
MORGANTOWN — Four Monongalia and Marion County delegates called on Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday to call a special session to provide some stop-gap funding for WVU's budget shortfall — but the request fizzled quickly on Wednesday. Mon Democrats Anitra Hamilton, Evan Hansen and John ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN — The Campus Self Defense Act — known widely as the campus carry bill — is on its way to the governor’s office. The House of Delegates spent about 90 minutes Tuesday debating the Senate’s bill before passing it, 84-13. With no House amendments, SB 10 now heads to ...