MORGANTOWN – A bill once again working its way through the state Senate would allow specially trained medical professionals who accompany police SWAT teams on missions to carry weapons to defend themselves. The Senate Health Committee approved SB 83 Thursday afternoon and sent it to the ...
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their school aid formula dollars. SB 41 says that beginning in the 2023-24 school year, no county's net enrollment will ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice topped a long list of State of the State legislative proposals with a 50% personal income tax cut. Justice addressed a joint gathering of the House and Senate and other state officials in the House chamber Wednesday evening, the first day of the 2023 ...
MORGANTOWN – The retooled House of Delegates opened the 2023 session at noon Wednesday. This is the first House in state history with 100 single-member districts. Voters in November swelled the Republican supermajority to 88-12. And after the usual ceremony, the supermajority swatted ...
Today marks the start of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session. “The time that we’ll spend here in the next 60 days together goes by really, really quickly,” House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, said while looking ahead to the session. Here’s what seems to be on the ...
MORGANTOWN — Leaders on both sides of the state Senate aisle want the Department of Health and Human Resources to take action to improve child welfare, and sent letters this week to DHHR's new interim secretary outlining their goals and wishes. The letters came as Interim Secretary Jeff ...