CHARLESTON — Pay raise bills for educators, state police and non-uniformed corrections workers were advanced through the House Finance Committee. “It’s basically the governor’s pay raise bill as he proposed in his budget is what got passed,” said Delegate Matthew Rohrbach, ...
CHARLESTON — Delegates passed a bill making big changes to the insurance program for public employees after more than three hours of Saturday session debate. And delegates later passed a pay raise bill recently described by state officials as a cushion for the increased insurance premium ...
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 House Health Committee swiftly advanced a bill that would split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three separate agencies. The three would be the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health Facilities. “This bill was about ...
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw has knocked down a leadership challenge, but also says changes are straight ahead for some committee chairs and other leadership positions. Hanshaw wasn’t ready to announce the changes during an appearance on MetroNews’ “Talkline,” but he said they will ...