MORGANTOWN — Democratic legislative leaders gathered virtually on Wednesday to again renew their call for gas tax relief for West Virginia vehicle owners. They repeated their plea for a gas-tax holiday of at least 30 days from the 37.5 cents-per-gallon tax, and added another option: a ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced on Tuesday that he has vetoed a bill tied to economic development funding for technical errors, but plans to call a special session in April to allow the Legislature to fix it and re-pass it. The bill is SB 279 and was intended to create a ...
The Republicans in the West Virginia Legislature are right. A gas tax pause is not a good idea. Democratic lawmakers have their hearts in the right place. A lot of West Virginians are struggling right now. Prices for everything are skyrocketing, and watching gas prices top $4 a gallon ...
FAIRMONT – The Pierpont Community and Technical College held its first meeting since the end of the end of the legislative session on Tuesday evening. The meeting stretched just over 3 ½ hours before moving to executive session. There was no talk of a merger back into Fairmont State ...
MORGANTOWN – Legislative Democratic leaders renewed their call for a gas tax holiday during a Tuesday press conference. Responding to comments against the idea issued last week by the governor, the Senate president and House speaker, Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, ...
MORGANTOWN – Among the bills that died on the last day of the legislative session was SB 653, the bill to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a Division of Fairmont State University. After hearing conflicting testimony from Pierpont leaders about Pierpont's financial condition ...