The Legislature’s special session that concluded Friday, July 29, was a massive waste of taxpayers’ money — at $35,000 a day for five days for a grand total of $175,000, to be exact. You likely don’t need us to tell you what that kind of money could have paid for, other than a week of ...
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. This, of course, in reference to some of the stunningly stupid comments West Virginia senators made on the final ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice's Tuesday COVID briefing offered some insights on “rebound phenomenon,” but also veered into musings on last week's special session that produced neither of the bills it was called to pass. Special session Justice called the session to deal with his ...
MORGANTOWN – The bigger campaign fund doesn't always win the election, as one Monongalia County House of Delegates primary race shows. But in the four Mon County House races featuring incumbents, the Democrats finished the primary season and headed toward the November general election ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate passed a retooled version of the House abortion law bill Friday night. While the Senate amended version of HB 302 is largely the same, it has two significant differences. It eliminates the criminal penalties, and it trims the window for adult victims of rape ...
MORGANTOWN – The governor's income tax cut bill took an apparent nose dive Friday afternoon, as the state Senate declined to take up the bill and instead passed its own resolution outlining its tax cut plan should voters pass Amendment 2 in November. The House passed and sent over the ...