MORGANTOWN – Bills to prevent racially based discrimination based on hairstyles have sat idle for years in both houses of the state Legislature. But SB 495, the […]
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Senate health approves bills about dentures, non-binary birth certificates, child medical records
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Health Committee moved bills on Thursday dealing with dentures, birth certificates and youth medical records. HB 4320 deals with children of all ages. […]
Senate committee moves bill to allow creation of alternative public charter schools
MORGANTOWN – The Senate School Choice Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday to enable the creation of alternative high-risk population public charter schools. The school would be […]
Senate bill opens path for state to make money through forest-management wildfire prevention
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate held a long-but-warm-spirited debate on Wednesday over an amendment to a bill designed to protect state-owned forests from wildfires, and bring in […]
Bill to allow small counties to charge $1 fee for emergency services again moves through Senate
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate is making another go at enabling counties with lots of tourists and few residents to raise money for emergency services to accommodate […]
Senate sends two AI child porn bills to House
MORGANTOWN — The Senate advanced two bills to the House on Tuesday, both aimed at combating AI-era child pornography. SB 740 criminalizes altering a photograph, image, video […]
Senate bills treat on trees, carbon, silver and gold
MORGANTOWN – Carbon, trees and gold occupied the attention of Senate committees on Monday. SB 618 would create a state Carbon Exchange Program administered by the Division […]
Lake Lynn Generation responds to FERC questions about poor park maintenance at Cheat Lake
MORGANTOWN – Lake Lynn Generation has supplied answers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for questions FERC sent to the company in January regarding alleged poor maintenance […]
House divides over energy, raw milk bills; sends Randall Reid-Smith bill to governor
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates held some lively debate and saw a divided vote over a couple energy-related bills and a raw milk bill on Monday. […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 16
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 16. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted.