MORGANTOWN – Legislators will get a pay raise in 2025, but not as large as we reported in Sunday's print edition. Senate action on SB 740 described on the Senate floor early Saturday evening was unclear but the House of Delegate press office contacted us to explain the bill's ...
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia will have six magistrates following the 2024 election. And Preston County will have two circuit judges through a realignment of county circuits. Those changes come via a bill, HB 3332, passed on Saturday, the last day of the legislative session. The Senate ...
MORGANTOWN – Bills to cap insulin copays, give the governor and constitutional officers a raise, and to recognize an unborn child as a distinct victim in a DUI-causing-death crash all passed on the last day of the legislative session on Saturday. A few other bills failed to cross the ...
MORGANTOWN – After a long day of haggling and back-and-forth amendments, the final version of the Third Grade Success Act passed in the final half hour of the last day of the legislative session. Also rescued just in time was the bill to criminalize school sexual contact with ...
While the West Virginia Legislature debated making insulin more affordable, one pharmaceutical company surprisingly stepped up. On March 1, Eli Lilly announced it would limit monthly patient out-of-pocket costs to $35 or less for its most common insulins: its non-branded insulin starting ...
Thanks to Mountain Line Bus service Times are tough. Family budgets are strained, wages are not competitive and not all jobs appeal to the masses. A couple weeks ago, the Spring Track & Field season began and 170-plus student-athletes signed up to participate at Morgantown High ...