MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee wrapped up its deliberations on the Senate bill to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a division of Fairmont State University […]
West Virginia Legislature
House Education Committee spends 4 hours mulling Pierpont-Fairmont State merger bill, delays action until Monday
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee spent about four hours Saturday mulling over the bill to merge Pierpont Community and Technical College into Fairmont State University. Leaders […]
House OKs Senate bill making it easier for gas drillers to acquire leases
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates made quick work of a bill that will make it easier for oil and gas developers to drill and produce. SB […]
House Education spends two hours on Friday on Senate bill to allow parents to inspect classroom materials; vote expected on Saturday
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee spent two hours hashing over the details of a bill to allow parents, guardians and grandparents to inspect instructional materials and […]
House, Senate adopt resolution calling on Congress for convention to amend Constitution; Senate OKs its budget bill, sends to House
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent just over an hour Friday debating another one of its annual resolutions applying to Congress to call a convention of […]
House Judiciary expands, approves Senate bill to require county school boards to broadcast, archive all meetings
MORGANTOWN – House Judiciary expanded and approved a Senate bill on Thursday that would require all county school board meetings to be open to the public in […]
House defeats move to kill Senate anti-CRT bill; puts constitutional amendment before voters on state BOE oversight by Legislature
MORGANTOWN – An Ohio County delegate made an unsuccessful attempt to kill a Senate anti-CRT bill on Thursday. Also on Thursday, a House resolution that would allow […]
Senate passes bill to merge Pierpont College into Fairmont State University; a look at other Crossover Day action
MORGANTOWN – Here is a look at other bills passed on Day 50 of the 2022 legislative session – Crossover Day. Pierpont bill SB 653 carries the […]
Senate approves anti-CRT bill and bill to prohibit abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday approved bills dealing with Critical Race Theory in schools and abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome. Wednesday was Crossover […]
On Crossover Day, House coal mine inspection bill apparently dies, bills to split DHHR and reallocate county magistrates go to Senate
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a number of weighty bills on Wednesday – Crossover Day – but perhaps weightiest of all was the bill it […]
