MORGANTOWN – You may have seen one of those cartoons where someone in a carnival shooting gallery fires at the duck and ping, it goes right, then […]
West Virginia Legislature
Senate delays action on income tax repeal and budget bills for a day; special session for repeal looks likely
MORGANTOWN – The writing is on the wall for the personal income tax repeal bill – for this session at least. The Senate on Tuesday punted action […]
Divided House of Delegates OKs bill to allow school boards to post financial statements online; adopts amendment extending TANF drug testing pilot
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates barely passed a bill on Tuesday allowing school boards to post financial statements online – over objections the state’s spotty broadband […]
WVU public advocacy students hold protest against campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Master’s of Public Administration students gathered in front of the Mountainlair Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to campus carry policies. […]
Gov. unveils new income tax plan, ‘Justice 4 All,’ at summit
MORGANTOWN – With five days to go in the legislative session, Gov. Jim Justice held a personal income tax repeal summit with legislative leaders Monday, and unveiled […]
House committee tweaks Senate city annexation bill; counsel stirs some confusion about extent of current law
MORGANTOWN – The House Government Organization committee took up the Senate municipal annexation bill Monday and eased some of the bill’s additional restrictions on annexation by minor […]
Senate punts action on major income tax, budget bills; House adopts resolution to make pepperoni roll state food
MORGANTOWN –- Monday was a relatively low-key day for the House and Senate floor sessions. Bills were passed, but the Senate punted action on some of its […]
Senate Education rewrites, OKs transgender athlete bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee took up and approved on Thursday a very different version of the bill regarding transgender athletes. HB 3293, as it came […]
House Health OKs Senate needle exchange and welfare drug testing bills
MORGANTOWN – The House Health and Human Resources Committee approved the Senate bill to license needle exchange programs. It also approved the bill to extend the welfare […]
A running look at House of Delegates floor action on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Wednesday is the 50th day of the legislative session – Crossover Day, the last day for House bills to cross to the Senate and Senate […]
