dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate is again attempting to pass a bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools. The Education Committee approved a trimmed-down version of SB 54 on Thursday and sent it to the full Senate. Sen. Mike Oliverio, ...
MORGANTOWN – Last year, the Legislature passed the Truth in Food Labeling Act to require labeling of “analogue” food products derived from plants, insects or fungus and other additives, and “cell-cultured” food grown in a lab. This year, the Senate is advancing an outright ban on ...
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee is set to take action on a bill that would allow county school boards to set limits on student cell phone use on school grounds and in classrooms. HB 2003 came from Gov. Patrick Morrisey, but the version the committee ...
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates unanimously passed on Thursday a bill to allow schools to hire or contract for armed security officers. HB 2164 blends its original House school safety officer bill with the Senate's West Virginia Guardian program. The ...
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate Energy Committee gave its blessing on Thursday to a bill aimed at incentivizing utility companies to invest in coal, natural gas and nuclear assets over wind and solar. The committee also advanced a pro-coal resolution intending to create a ...
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – WVU voiced its objection on Tuesday to a House bill that would strip the two faculty representatives, the classified staff representative and the student body representative on the WVU Board of Governors of their voting rights. Travis Mollohan, ...