CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates spent an hour and 50 minutes debating the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine exemption bill before passing it with a 68-30 vote. The […]
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Del. Sypolt briefs Preston Commission on redistricting effort
KINGWOOD — Preston County’s population is just barely large enough after the 2020 census that it will be represented by two delegates without taking population from another […]
House of Delegates speaker asks CISA to designate Viatris Morgantown plant as critical infrastructure
MORGANTOWN – House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Friday joined those seeking federal intervention to keep Viatris’ Morgantown pharmaceutical plant open beyond its scheduled July 31 […]
Anti-sex ed delegate posts explicit TikTok
The big scandal in West Virginia over the weekend came at the hands of Delegate Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam, who posted a sexually explicit video on TikTok (a […]
Guest essay: Bringing federal attention to W.Va.’s problems
by John Williams Since 2016, I have had the privilege of representing Monongalia County in the West Virginia House of Delegates. My time in the House has […]
Gerrymandering W.Va.: Pizza slices or salamanders?
The 2020 Census is complete, the results are due in September, the West Virginia Legislature has already announced appointments to the state’s redistricting committees and we can […]
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 […]
Governor, House Republicans not on the same page
The most common question heard under the State Capitol dome when discussing a particular bill is, “Do you have the votes?” The merits of legislation, or the […]
Hopemont Hospital among those to close, if bill passes
KINGWOOD – House Bill 2626 was introduced last week by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee in an effort to close four state-owned hospitals, […]
House Majority Whip looking for ways to eliminate income tax
MORGANTOWN — In an email leaked to Dragline, a blog that follows West Virginia politics, House Majority Whip Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, asked his fellow caucus members for […]
