The House of Delegates has established a Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and it advanced its first bill. House Bill 5161 doesn’t exactly deal with artificial intelligence […]
Author: Brad McElhinny, WVMetroNews.com
Teachers: Low parent involvement a problem in W.Va. schools
Only about 5.5% of teachers responding to a state Department of Education survey described high parent involvement at their schools. That was one of the big takeaways […]
State would increase tax to address Medicaid gap
CHARLESTON — West Virginia faces a $114 million Medicaid gap along with a proposal to fill it, but the Senate Finance chairman is concerned about financial consequences […]
Finance advances $2M bill for WVU research
CHARLESTON — The House Finance Committee advanced a bill that would provide $2 million to West Virginia University for medical research into using ultrasound technology to treat […]
Blankenship registers to run as a Democrat for U.S. Senate
Don Blankenship, political lightning rod and former coal titan who spent a year in jail on a mine safety conspiracy conviction, is running as a Democrat for […]
Bill introduced allows committee to meet privately to hear details about sensitive matters
CHARLESTON — Tragic situations where lawmakers grew frustrated while trying to ask questions prompted a bill that passed the House of Delegates. The bill, HB 4595, would […]
Judge rejects Justice defense on $300 million liabilities
CHARLESTON — A judge has rejected an argument that claims on $300 million in personally guaranteed liabilities should be set aside for Gov. Jim Justice and his […]
Delegates examine changes to West Virginia elections laws
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a couple of bills affecting West Virginia election laws. The bills were left over from a Judiciary Committee agenda earlier in the […]
Public hearing over bill that could criminalize library content brings out books
The first speaker at a public hearing on opening West Virginia’s obscenity laws to prosecution of library representatives read right away from a book describing oral sex, […]
Senate bills require conception video and ‘In God We Trust,’ allow creation theories in classrooms
Senators advanced a bill to mandate viewing a specific video in classrooms about conception, passed a bill allowing classroom discussions of theories of the universe’s origins that […]
