MORGANTOWN — The state Senate Republican mega-majority grew another notch on Thursday, as Putnam County Democrat Sen. Glenn Jeffries announced a party switch. “I have the greatest respect for the many friends and supporters I have been blessed with during my time in public ...
MORGANTOWN – While the recent elections highlighted divisions among West Virginia's leadership and electorate, legislators on both sides of the aisle found common ground with the manufacturing community on the need for a new Hazmat Good Samaritan law. The Joint Standing Committee on ...
MORGANTOWN – One of the factors that helped sink Amendment 2, with its associated plan to reimburse counties for lost property taxes from state budget surpluses, is the certainty – cited regularly by opponents – that surpluses are uncertain. Natural gas severance tax revenues played ...
West Virginia voters have propelled the Republican Party to historic numeric advantages in both the state Senate and the House of Delegates. In the Senate, Republicans won 16 of 17 seats up for election and, in the process, defeated four incumbent Democrats, including Senate Minority ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia voters turned the Republican supermajorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates into mega-majorites Tuesday night. The GOP-Democrat balance in the House will go from 78-22 to 88-12 come January, under the new 100 single-member district map. In the ...
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County voters returned four incumbents – one Republican and three Democrats – to the House of Delegates Tuesday night. In two open Mon House races, Republicans topped their Democratic opponents. That will make Mon County’s party representation in the House ...