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 ...
MORGANTOWN — The gas tax holiday tennis match continued on Friday, with Gov. Jim Justice taking another swing, and the two legislative leaders and the state Democratic Party each offering volleys. The match began on Thursday when Democratic legislative leaders held a press conference and ...
Like the magic that allowed Cinderella to go the ball, the 2022 regular legislative session ended at midnight (technically Sunday) and took with it a whole host of bills. Most of the bills we covered here in our The Good, the Bad and the Stupid editorials now lie in the legislative graveyard. ...
MORGANTOWN – Every year, many bills fall by the wayside. Some are loved, some are hated. Here's a look at some that died this year. Perhaps the most prominent was HB 4004, the bill to ban abortions past 15 weeks' gestation. House Health took it up and passed it on the second day of ...