CHARLESTON – It was another booze and bullets day at the Legislature on Friday. Senate Judiciary gave its approval to two alcohol bills and a gun bill. […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Senate Energy punts lease bill, passes House well-capping bill
CHARLESTON – The Senate energy Committee punted a contentious bill intended to enable mineral owners to gain release from inactive leases so they can sign new ones. […]
Solar energy program bill sparks contentious 2-hour House Energy meeting; more to come
CHARLESTON — The House Energy Committee spent a contentious two hours gnashing on a bill intended to draw green-minded manufacturers and high-tech firms with renewable energy portfolio […]
Supporters, opponents of new Longview Power plants give testimony at PSC hearing
CHARLESTON – Supporters and opponents of the two proposed new Longview Power plants met at Public Service Commission headquarters Thursday morning for an evidentiary hearing on the […]
Senate OKs bill to change annexation by minor boundary adjustment; requires consent of residents
CHARLESTON – The state Senate made quick work on Wednesday of the bill changing how cities may annex territory via minor boundary adjustment. SB 209 passed 32-0 […]
Morgantown pharmacist gets 10 years in federal prison for role in distributing 250,000 oxycodone pills
CLARKSBURG – Morgantown pharmacist Scott D. Tingler was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years and one month in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for his […]
Some bills introduced Jan. 28
Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 28. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 4562, a new, bipartisan version of Delegate Evan […]
Bill to terminate inactive mineral leases pauses for haggling; tax credit bill for petrochemical industry scaled down to avoid budget hole
MORGANTOWN — The House and Senate energy committees took up complex natural gas-related bills on Tuesday. Senate Energy handled a bill pitting mineral owners against producers and […]
House passes cursive handwriting bill, tweaks bill tweaking school calendars
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates sent to the Senate a bill to require schools teach cursive handwriting to fifth graders and tweaked a bill to give […]
Senate Transportation Committee pauses work on problematic roads maintenance bill to hold stakeholder meeting
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee put the brakes – temporarily – on a multipart bill meant to boost secondary roads maintenance. Testimony from the […]
