MORGANTOWN — The Senate and House passed a couple handfuls of bills on Monday, among them one for child cyber safety, one for highway safety and one […]
Tag: WV Legislature
The 2 best road bills
And 1 bad resolution Every West Virginia politician campaigns on fixing the roads, and yet every year, our Legislators fail to take any substantive action that would […]
W.Va. killed the death penalty 60 years ago — leave it dead
West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair is among the lawmakers clamoring to bring back the death penalty in the Mountain State, but doing so would be a […]
A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 2
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 2. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted.
House advances bill to give $2 million to WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, resolution supporting Texas in border struggle
MORGANTOWN – House Speaker Roger Hanshaw stepped down from his dais on Friday to promote a bill to give $2 million to WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 3
Good: SB 175 — updates offenses of extortion and attempted extortion. It specifically adds “or other thing of value” (understood to include sexual acts) to the list […]
Notes from under the gold dome
Some thoughts about a couple of pieces of legislation at the state house: The first is a resolution. Delegate Kayla Young (D-Kanawha) has introduced House Joint Resolution […]
Senate Energy Committee advances bill to enable state primacy over EPA for permitting underground carbon sequestration wells
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Energy Committee on Thursday approved a carbon dioxide sequestration bill needed to pave the way for the state hydrogen hub and other carbon […]
A sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Jan. 31
MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Wednesday, Jan. 31. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted.
Senate passes gun safety instruction bill, and one to help protect foster children
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate cruised through a series of bills on Wednesday — among them one dealing with gun classes and one to help protect foster […]
