MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Thursday, Feb. 15. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted. SB 801, to establish a tax on the production of electricity from wind and solar collection for distribution to the counties to be distributed to the volunteer fire departments ...
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 ...