MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Friday, Jan. 27. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 3097, to prohibit Medicaid and CHIP payment for irreversible gender reassignment surgery to a person under 18. HB 3102, to authorize Adopt-A-Trail programs ...
MORGANTOWN — Annual vehicle inspections could change to every two years under a bill the Senate sent to the House on Friday. SB 254 changes the annual inspection to biannual and raises the sticker price from $3 to $6 to reflect that. The total price, including the sticker, would go ...
Good: HB 2774, the “Welcome Home Grant Program.” The pilot program will offer cash grants (up to $5,000) to help veterans and their families relocate to West Virginia on the condition they stay for three years. To us, this bill is a “good, but …” Veterans are an odd group in that ...
West Virginia legislators are trying once again to make long overdue improvements to the state’s unemployment benefits program. The Senate on Monday passed and sent to the House SB 59 that makes significant changes at Workforce West Virginia, which administers the program. The bill ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Thursday, Jan. 26. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 3081, to remove certain crimes from the list of first-degree murder: murder in the commission of, or attempt to commit, arson, kidnapping, sexual assault, ...
MORGANTOWN – The winter storm of Dec. 23-25 produced an unexpectedly high demand for electricity. Despite the surprise, PJM , the 13-state power grid organization – thought it had plenty of reserve on hand. But the power suppliers failed to deliver, leading to forced outages. Natural ...