In this special edition of “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid,” we will honor a number of bills that could have improved West Virginia for the better but are now officially dead. All the bills we mentioned Wednesday saw no movement on cross-over day, and all have died in ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Thursday took up a Senate bill aimed at promoting the state's natural gas industry and spent about 45 minutes debating an amendment to also promote coal – reflecting the not always friendly tension of the sometimes rival industries. In other House ...
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will suffer one blow this month when they get their March benefits, which will no longer include the pandemic-era increase despite still astronomical food prices. But they may suffer a second blow this summer if the West Virginia ...
MORGANTOWN – State Auditor J.B. McCuskey came to Mon Health Medical Center on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on health care issues with Mon Health System leaders. The conversation was grounded in what's ahead for PEIA as legislation works through the Legislature, but ranged out to ...
MORGANTOWN – Members of the transgender community and their allies assembled in front of the WVU Mountainlair Wednesday to “Stand for Trans Folk.” Pale pink, blue and white transgender pride flags fluttered in the warm wind, and signs in the same colors proclaimed such messages as ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Health Committee made quick work of approving the Senate's insulin copay cap bill – with an addition – on Tuesday, but the Senate's certificate of need exemption bill took a bit more work. Delegates have been pushing to eliminate certificate of need – CON – ...