MORGANTOWN – The resurrected CROWN Act came to the Senate floor Friday morning, after narrowly passing out of Judiciary the evening before, only to be swatted back to another committee – where it may die. SB 496 aims to prohibit discrimination based on race that includes discrimination ...
MORGANTOWN – Bills to prevent racially based discrimination based on hairstyles have sat idle for years in both houses of the state Legislature. But SB 495, the Crown Act, made a step forward late Thursday afternoon, advancing out of Senate Judiciary after more than an hour of debate, in ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Health Committee moved bills on Thursday dealing with dentures, birth certificates and youth medical records. HB 4320 deals with children of all ages. As it came to the Senate it grants parents and guardians access to minor children's medical records, except those ...
There is a vocal group of extreme anti-abortion West Virginians, but despite their outsized presence in the Capitol’s halls, they are a statistical minority. Several polls show West Virginians support at least some access to abortion: A 2019 poll showed two-thirds of respondents believed ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate School Choice Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday to enable the creation of alternative high-risk population public charter schools. The school would be required to have an unduplicated count of at least 70% of its total enrollment, upon first entry to the ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate held a long-but-warm-spirited debate on Wednesday over an amendment to a bill designed to protect state-owned forests from wildfires, and bring in cash in the process. Senators also unanimously passed a bill to help pave the way for the state's hydrogen ...