MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary cruised through a series of bills on Friday, dealing with churches, sexual assault, and belief-based student organizations, but the one that spurred the […]
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Senate again passes bill to allow small counties to impose recreation fee to fund fire, EMS
MORGANTOWN – The Senate is once again trying to give small rural counties a tool to fund their fire and EMS services. SB 167 was among the […]
CROWN Act, prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair, gets punted to Senate Finance after floor debate
MORGANTOWN – The resurrected CROWN Act came to the Senate floor Friday morning, after narrowly passing out of Judiciary the evening before, only to be swatted back […]
Social Security tax exemption bill eagerly passed by House of Delegates
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill that would phase out state income taxes on Social Security benefits. The legislation would build on a […]
Senate Judiciary approves Crown Act, prohibiting race-based hairstyle discrimination, in close vote
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 […]
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. […]
Education officials worry HB 4299 might be unloading additional conflicts in school safety
Is House Bill 4299 a loaded gun — unto itself? That’s what the leaders of West Virginia’s two unions for teachers and others who work in school […]
House passes bill allowing educators to carry concealed weapons
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates passed a bill that would allow educators to carry concealed firearms as designated school protection officers. The bill passed 89-11 Wednesday […]
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 […]
