MORGANTOWN — The Senate bill to help ensure students are proficient in reading and math when they finish the third grade cleared its second hurdle on Wednesday, with the Finance Committee sending an expanded version to the full Senate. SB 274 is called the Third Grade Success Act. Its ...
MORGANTOWN — Cities would be required to hold their municipal elections on the same days as statewide primary or general elections under a bill approved by the House Political Subdivisions Committee on Wednesday. Under a separate bill also OK'd by the committee, cities could establish ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 3307, to establish the West-Virginia Ireland Trade Commission; Delegate George Street, R-Preston, co-sponsor. HB 3309, to establish the Child Support from ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee spent less than five minutes Tuesday approving a bill to create a Charter Schools Stimulus Fund. Senate Judiciary spent just under 20 minutes on a bill aimed at school employees who have sex with students, with most of that refining what turned ...
MORGANTOWN – A House Republican bill to help more birthing centers spring up across the state drew significant Republican opposition on the House floor on Tuesday. Three other bills sailed through more smoothly, passing unanimously. HB 2789 is the birthing center bill. It aims to exempt ...
MORGANTOWN – A House bill aimed at protecting the business of managed timberlands in the state by heavily taxing carbon offset contracts met with opposition on Tuesday from landowner groups that object to government interference in how they use their lands. HB 3294 was before the House ...