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A sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Feb. 1

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 ...

WVU holds annual Day at the Legislature

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 ...

Legislature attacks public education

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, ...

A sampling of bills introduced Tuesday, Jan. 31

MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 2010, to exempt the full amount of social security benefits from personal income taxation; Delegates Amy Summers, R-Taylor, Phil Mallow, R-Marion, ...