MORGANTOWN – The Senate Government Organization Committee took a swipe at ranked-choice voting on Thursday, advancing a bill to prohibit the practice in local government elections. SB 593 is the bill, and says local governments may not use ranked-choice voting for any local, state or ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates held an extended debate on the topic of euthanasia on Thursday, advancing two resolutions on the topic. Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, authored both resolutions. The first was HCR 74, “Defending Life by Rejecting Euthanasia.” It is a lengthy ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Feb. 14. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted. SB 777, to create prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, and to provide for the enforcement of those ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate enthusiastically passed a bill on Wednesday to elevate the state Culture and History curator to cabinet secretary. It also moved bills concerning abortion, pregnancy, zoning and more. Randall Reid-Smith is the longtime curator of the Department of Culture ...
MORGANTOWN – A House resolution for a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting non-citizen voting in local elections took another step forward on Wednesday, with Senate Judiciary approving an amended version of it. HJR 21 proposes a constitutional amendment to add this to the ...
MORGANTOWN – Legislators advanced several bills to combat “deep fake” child porn on Wednesday. The House Artificial Intelligence Committee approved HB 5516 to criminalize the use of deep fake images for child porn and for revenge porn. It defines deep fake as “a visual depiction ...