If alternative K-12 education is the new frontier, then West Virginia is the Wild West. In early March, “The 74” broke the story of The Hive Learning Academy — a microschool in Martinsburg that opened its doors in August and had closed them by November, leaving students and families ...
MORGANTOWN – A Constitutional amendment regarding euthanasia and a bill aimed at curbing youth vaping were among the pieces of legislation completing their journeys late Saturday, the last day of the legislative session. A proposed amendment to prohibit non-citizen voting got filibustered ...
MORGANTOWN – Between long and frequent recesses on Saturday, the last day of the legislative session, the House and Senate managed to complete work on some bills and send them on their way to the governor's office. And, late in the day, both sides finally began passing bills on third ...
(Editor's note: This story has been updated to include language from the final version of SR 6, honoring Edith Levy.) MORGANTOWN – The state House and Senate spent a long day in session on Friday, the 59th day of the 60-day session. Most of it was spent in recess for backroom negotiation ...
Good: HB 5516 — “prohibiting the use of deep fake images for the nonconsensual disclosure of private intimate images; prohibiting the unlawful depiction of nude or partially nude minors or minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” Similar to the bills on child porn, this one ...
Here is a question West Virginia legislators always need to ask themselves, especially in the closing days of a session: Is it better to do something or do nothing? That applies to the current debate under the Capitol dome over SB 841 which makes significant changes in the benefits paid to ...