Gov. Jim Justice wants to negotiate. The West Virginia governor said on Talkline Wednesday that he is ready and willing to try to get a deal with Senate Republicans on a tax cut plan, and that willingness includes giving ground. “We’d absolutely compromise,” Justice ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. No House bills were introduced on Wednesday. SB 535, to add additional exemptions to the compulsory childhood immunization of school children, to permit ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate passed its version of the TikTok ban bill on Wednesday and sent it over to the House, where its bill awaits Judiciary Committee review. The TikTok bill was among several the Senate sent across the Capitol on Wednesday. Both TikTok bills originated as ...
MORGANTOWN — A bill to exempt certain employees from municipal user fees advanced out of a House of Delegates committee Wednesday morning, but with concerns that it's too vague and needs work before it hits its next committee desk. HB 2576 says that “a municipality shall not assess a ...
Tuesday marked the annual WVU Day at the Legislature, recognized in the Senate with a resolution and in the House with a citation. In the Senate, WVU President Gordon Gee, Mountaineer Mary Roush and other officials watched from the balcony as Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, presented SR ...
The hyper-conservative Legislature has resumed the attack it started last year on West Virginia’s public schools. Some attacks are more subtle than others, but most of them are aimed at allowing complaints or even lawsuits against public schools or their employees. There are, of course, ...