Delegates passed a bill that would allow Hope Scholarship recipients who are educated in non-public settings to participate on public school athletic teams. “All it is doing is allowing kids to play,” said Delegate Kathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam, lead sponsor of the bill. The Hope ...
A proposal to split West Virginia’s largest agency, DHHR, into three has passed the full House of Delegates. The three would be the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health Facilities. Delegates voted 95-3 in favor of the change. “The ...
The governor, House leaders and Senate leaders all say they want to cut taxes, and they’re assessing each other’s plans. Senators introduced a tax proposal last week, advocating for changes in several sections of the code. The governor Monday hosted a roundtable discussion with ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s full House of Delegates will consider legislation that would ban physicians from providing gender-affirming surgery to minors. The original version of House Bill 2007, “Prohibiting certain medical practices,” focused on irreversible gender-affirming ...
Lawmakers are back to debating the appropriate duration of the governor’s emergency powers, and delegates are advancing a bill that would give legislators more say-so. How long an emergency declaration by the governor should remain in effect has been a running debate among lawmakers for ...
A week into the regular legislative session, debate over Gov. Jim Justice’s proposal to cut personal income taxes by half over three years is on maximum. The House of Delegates moved the bill toward Wednesday passage in that chamber, Senators quizzed Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy, and the ...