MORGANTOWN — A proposed settlement regarding a since-repealed city panhandling ordinance continues to move through the legal process. Legal advocacy nonprofit Mountain State Justice filed a class […]
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Morgantown, Mountain State Justice agree to settle panhandling suit
MORGANTOWN — It appears the city of Morgantown and Anthony Rowand, through legal counsel from Mountain State Justice, have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit tied […]
House Bill 2892 aims to clear the road
MORGANTOWN — It’s not long by any stretch – about 105 words in total. But some lawmakers are hoping House Bill 2892, introduced Feb. 24 by West […]
County asks judge to toss ‘panhandling’ lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — An attorney representing the three Monongalia County Commissioners as well as the county’s former sheriff has asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit challenging […]
Meanwhile, in Morgantown …
City takes panhandling law off the books Last week, the Morgantown City Council voted to repeal a 2005 panhandling law that is the basis for a federal […]
Morgantown to consider repealing law at the center of federal lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will consider repealing the “panhandling” ordinance that recently made the city the target of a federal lawsuit. On Friday, the city posted […]
Mountain State Justice files suit over Morgantown ‘panhandling’ law
MORGANTOWN — Mountain State Justice, a statewide nonprofit legal services and advocacy organization, has filed suit against the city of Morgantown in the Northern District of West Virginia, […]
Mountain State Justice, ACLU-WV on ordinance: ‘We’ll see them in court’
Following Monongalia County Commission’s vote to pass the Ordinance Regulating Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety — which has been referred to as the “anti-panhandling” ordinance — area civil […]
Mon Commission passes pedestrian and vehicle safety law
MORGANTOWN — It doesn’t outlaw panhandling, they noted. Or curtail speech. It doesn’t criminalize poverty or homelessness. It addresses a specific safety issue — people loitering […]
Mon Commission’s not-panhandling ordinance unlikely to work as intended
Today, the Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance will once again be up for public comment and possibly for passage at the Monongalia County Commission meeting. The current […]
