MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of Concord University and Mary Hendrix of Shepherd University sent a joint letter to the ...
The Legislature is back in session, which means it’s time for the return of “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” — a weekly roundup of bills moving through the state’s capitol, categorized by whether we believe the legislation to be something good for the state, bad for the state or ...
Campus carry is back. The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced SB 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act with only minimal opposition, and now it goes to the full Senate. The bill would allow individuals who possess a concealed carry permit to have a pistol or handgun on college campuses in ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Thursday, Jan. 19. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 2807, the Virtual Public Schools Act, to recognize a virtual school as an independent public school. HB 2808 and HB 2821, to allow gambling and lottery ...
MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state's K-3 students. The emotion was evident but several senators also commented that they were voting ...
MORGANTOWN — A Senate bill to allow for carbon sequestration under state lands cleared the House on Thursday and will return to the Senate. SB 162 allows the Division of Natural Resources, with approval of the Commerce secretary, to lease state-owned pore spaces underlying state forests, ...