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 […]
West Virginia Legislature
Senate Finance unveils third income tax elimination plan, sends it to Senate floor in squeaker vote
MORGANTOWN – Senate Finance took up and barely passed the third and newest version of the income tax reduction plan. The committee approved what’s called a strike […]
House adds vehicles to its property tax amendment; Sen. Maroney cleared of charge of soliciting prostitute
MORGANTOWN – The differing House and Senate proposals to allow the Legislature to set property tax rates became essentially the same on Tuesday when the House approved […]
House approves trimmed-down intermediate court bill, sends it back to the Senate
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates finally approved a Senate intermediate appeals court bill. The next step will be to see if the Senate accepts the House […]
Senate Judiciary OKS bill improving medical cannabis program, guts House bill curbing governor’s emergency powers
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary Monday approved a bill expanding and improving the medical cannabis program. The committee also essentially gutted a House bill intended to reign in […]
House passes its version of income tax elimination bill, adopts changes to Senate intermediate court bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed its version of the personal income tax reduction and elimination plan Monday and sent it to the Senate. The House […]
House public hearing: Property tax amendment could help industry, harm counties and schools
MORGANTOWN – Giving the Legislature authority over setting property tax rates could be good for industry and bad for counties. Those were the two primary points of […]
House approves bill barring transgender student athletes from certain sports; kills bill requiring seniors to fill out FAFSA
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent nearly 90 minutes debating a bill regarding transgender athletes before passing it overwhelmingly. Another education-related bill, to require all high […]
Gun, legislative term limit and COVID relief money measures win approval in Senate Finance
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee Friday approved constitutional amendment resolutions regarding guns and legislative term limits. It also OK’d a House bill to give itself a […]
Senate panel OKs bill to limit governor’s emergency powers, and bills regarding city annexation and legal ads
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Government Organization Committee Friday moved along bills to reign in the governor’s emergency powers, tweak how cities can annex land and change how […]
