MORGANTOWN — The state Senate moved through a series of House bills on Thursday, as both chambers head into the 60th and final day of the session […]
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Senate Judiciary splits on attempt to revive CROWN Act, kills it again; approves capital punishment study resolution, euthanasia bill
MORGANTOWN — An attempt to revive the CROWN Act by plugging it into a different bill fizzled Wednesday evening in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill up […]
Senate Education Committee does good deed for House bill to help Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
MORGANTOWN – An appeal from a Boy Scouts leader led the Senate Education Committee to ease their planned restrictions on a House bill to allow the Scouts […]
House booze bill prompts Senate to stop and take a think
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary chair Charles Trump spent several minutes explaining the minutiae of a 55-page, much-amended booze bill on Wednesday. Following the long briefing, Sen. Randy […]
W.Va. didn’t fund education. Now it can’t make a budget
There’s a special irony in the West Virginia Legislature calling for a national constitutional convention over fiscal responsibility when the state can’t even pass a full budget […]
Senate Intelligent Design bill undergoes evolution in House Judiciary
MORGANTOWN – The Senate’s Intelligent Design bill took another step in its evolution on Tuesday, as the House Judiciary Committee took up and approved the fourth version […]
House Judiciary inserts stalled library obscenity bill into Senate AI child porn bill, stirs Democratic opposition
MORGANTOWN – Consideration of a well-liked Senate bill to criminalize AI child porn took an unexpected twist in House Judiciary on Tuesday when committee leaders inserted into […]
Senators flush House diaper bill in protest over House inaction on Senate bills
MORGANTOWN — Senators flushed a House dirty diaper bill down the toilet on Tuesday as a form of protest for House inaction on a host of Senate […]
Senate Transportation Committee expands House $50K coal tax credit bill to up to $60 million
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Transportation Committee took a House bill offering coal companies a potential $50,000 tax break for making road improvements and expanded it to somewhere […]
University wrestling wins first state title since 1956; Martin, Felix, Kehler crowned champions
HUNTINGTON — For the first time since 1956 the University Hawks won a state wrestling team title as the 2024 WVSSAC state wrestling tournament concluded Saturday at […]
