CHARLESTON — Two locally generated roads bills won the approval of the House Government Organization Committee Friday morning and head to the full House for passage. HB […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
House passes gambling, hunting, tax bills
CHARLESTON – While most eyes and minds were on the passage of the House teacher pay raise bill on Friday, the House of Delegates also passed a […]
House Education OKs ‘free community college bill’ and sends it to Finance
CHARLESTON — The House Education Committee on Friday wrapped up its third day of work on SB 1 — dubbed the “free community college bill,” though it’s […]
Delegate Terri Sypolt receives History Advocate Legislative Leadership Award
CHARLESTON — Delegate Terri Sypolt, R-Preston, on Thursday received a West Virginia History Advocate Legislative Leadership Award from the state Division of Culture and History. She was one […]
Senate bill changes vehicle inspections to every two years
CHARLESTON — The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bill on Thursday to reduce the number of vehicle inspections and make certain used-car sales easier for the […]
House Education adds courses at all four-year schools to ‘free community college’ bill
CHARLESTON — The House Education Committee continued its work on the so-called “free community college bill,” on Thursday, approving one amendment and knocking down several others. Work will […]
Proposed bill amendment to send $11M in racetrack purse money to schools leads to long House floor debate
CHARLESTON — Thursday’s House floor session clicked along quietly and briskly, with lots of 99-0 votes, until a proposed amendment to a routine, under-the-radar bill prompted more than […]
House Education begins work on ‘free community college’ bill; adds some 4-year school programs
CHARLESTON – The House Education Committee on Wednesday began mulling over what’s been nicknamed the “fee community college bill,” SB 1. It’s designed to provide “last dollar […]
Contentious DEP water pollution discharge rule clears House Energy, heads to Judiciary
CHARLESTON — The House Energy Committee went 30 minutes past its allotted meeting time on Tuesday debating a Department of Environmental Protection rules bill that contains a contentious […]
Senate OKs post-mine tax credit bill to stimulate business, kills property tax hike bill
CHARLESTON — While teachers chanted and delegates killed the education omnibus bill at the east end of the Capitol, the Senate breezed through a handful of hardly noticed […]
