MORGANTOWN – A bill working its way through the Senate could more than double the number of oil and gas well inspectors working across the state. SB 448 proposes three means of raising money for the chronically underfunded Office of Oil and Gas to pay for more inspectors. OO&G relies ...
MORGANTOWN – A House committee on Tuesday gave its blessing to a Senate bill to change vehicle inspections to every two years, and approved the House version of the TikTok ban bill. The inspection bill is SB 254, taken up in House Technology and Infrastructure. SB 254 changes the ...
MORGANTOWN — A severance-tax investment fund once considered a great hope for the state is now heading for the dustbin. SB 444 will formally terminate the Future Fund. The Senate approved the bill on Tuesday and sent it to the House. Talk of a Future Fund began back in 2011 as the ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Monday, Jan. 30. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 3132, to increase the penalties for bribery and corrupt practices and disqualification to hold office. HB 3133, to create a credit against the severance tax ...
MORGANTOWN – Members of the state Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee enjoyed a venting session on Monday, delving into the topic of “slow drivers in the left lane.” Committee chair Charles Clements, R-Wetzel, put it gently, “A lot of people feel like there's too ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate's Anti-Racism Act – commonly called the anti-CRT bill – cleared its first House of Delegates hurdle on Monday, winning approval in the Education Committee. It's the same bill that narrowly missed passing both houses on the last day of last year's session, when ...