MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced on Thursday, Jan. 12. Local sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted.
Author: David Beard, The Dominion Post
Senate bill would allow medical professionals attached to SWAT teams to carry firearms for self-protection
MORGANTOWN – A bill once again working its way through the state Senate would allow specially trained medical professionals who accompany police SWAT teams on missions to […]
Senate Education OKs bill to help small county schools by setting enrollment base of 1,200 for state funding formula
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their […]
Justice tops State of the State by proposing 50% personal income tax cut
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice topped a long list of State of the State legislative proposals with a 50% personal income tax cut. Justice addressed a joint […]
New 100-single-member House of Delegates opens 2023 legislative session
MORGANTOWN – The retooled House of Delegates opened the 2023 session at noon Wednesday. This is the first House in state history with 100 single-member districts. Voters […]
A look at Manchin and Capito earmarks for local projects, from $1.7T federal budget
MORGANTOWN — Earmarks have returned to Congress and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin — both Appropriations Committee members — have put out their lists of […]
Hospital COVID numbers climbing; new variant taking over; Justice retooling his briefings
MORGANTOWN — COVID hospitalizations have tripled since Thanksgiving, a new variant is on the loose, and Gov. Jim Justice is rebranding his twice-weekly briefings in acknowledgement of […]
Hope Gas enters deal to acquire Peoples Gas West Virginia service area
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown-based Hope Gas announced on Tuesday that it has entered an agreement with Essential Utilities to purchase Peoples Gas WV. Peoples is a Pennsylvania-based energy […]
PSC OK’s Mon Power/Potomac Edison rate hike settlement; requires companies to prepare report of possible Pleasants plant purchase
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has OK’d the modified rate hike for Mon Power and Potomac Edison that the companies agreed to in a December […]
State Senate GOP, Dem leaders urge DHHR to address child welfare problems
MORGANTOWN — Leaders on both sides of the state Senate aisle want the Department of Health and Human Resources to take action to improve child welfare, and […]
