MORGANTOWN – Public Health Commissioner Ayne Amjad will take on an altered role in Gov. Jim Justice’s COVID leadership team. Justice, Amjad and Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary […]
Tag: WV Legislature
House Speaker Hanshaw to call members back into special session
MORGANTOWN – House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw announced late Friday afternoon that he will contact House members next week to call them back into session on Sept. 12 – […]
Legislative, business leaders promote tax-cut Amendment 2 during state chamber summit
MORGANTOWN – While the House and Senate remain at loggerheads over tax-cut legislation, the speaker and president sat in cordial agreement Friday on the importance of passing Amendment 2 in […]
WVU law professors concerned proposed BOG rule change will affect their ability to provide free representation in challenges to state law
MORGANTOWN – Some WVU law professors are concerned that proposed changes to a Board of Governors rule will create unconstitutional restrictions on their ability to represent plaintiffs or testify in […]
ACLU sues Senate president, others for ejecting woman from chamber for attempting to record abortion law bill debate
MORGANTOWN — The ACLU of West Virginia is suing the state Senate president and three others on behalf of a Greenbrier County woman who alleges she was unlawfully ejected from […]
A look at 2021 compensation for local legislators
MORGANTOWN — The July special session to take up tax cut and abortion law legislation paused after five days, failing to achieve its aims. Many complained about wasted money — […]
The state Senate property tax plan: A look at the pros and cons
MORGANTOWN — Republican state Senators are hopeful that voters will approve Amendment 2 in November and set the Senate GOP tax reduction plan in motion. Four proposed amendments to the […]
Sen. Randy Smith wants Manchin to explain vote on Inflation Reduction Act to Legislature
MORGANTOWN – State Senate Energy chair Randy Smith plans to invite U.S. Senate Energy chair Joe Manchin to come before the Legislature to explain his vote on the Inflation Reduction […]
Taxpayers spent a lot for special session flop
The Legislature’s special session that concluded Friday, July 29, was a massive waste of taxpayers’ money — at $35,000 a day for five days for a grand total of $175,000, […]
W.Va. in trouble with ignorance at the helm
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. […]
