MORGANTOWN – A bill that includes some lower standards for toxins in drinking water won approval in Senate Judiciary Monday and heads to the full Senate. The […]
Tag: WV Legislature
House Finance approves alternative personal income tax elimination plan; contains no tax hikes from Justice plan
MORGANTOWN – While Gov. Jim Justice was pitching his plan to eliminate the state income taxes to businesses across the state Monday afternoon, the House Finance Committee […]
Democratic legislators call on leadership to enforce COVID rules following positive diagnosis of GOP delegate
MORGANTOWN – Following the weekend announcement that House of Delegates Government Organization chair Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh, was diagnosed with COVID, legislative Democratic leaders issued calls Monday for […]
Senate approves congressional term limits amendment resolution; will apply to Congress for convention of states
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia will apply to Congress to call a convention of states to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to set congressional term limits. […]
Stop lazy legislating
Model legislation written by lobbyists, introduced by state lawmakers If delegates are going to have the audacity to copy and paste a bill, then introduce it in […]
Legislators ‘think’ with a capital ‘I’
Some West Virginia legislators spell “think” with a capital ‘I.’ They “think” about a piece of legislation with themselves in mind, not you. Consider SB 642 and […]
House Judiciary OKs bill to bar trans athletes from certain school sports
MORGANTOWN – A House bill to bar transgender athletes from participating in certain sports won the approval of the Judiciary Committee on Friday. HB 3293 would apply […]
So-called Confederate monument bill passes House after two-hour debate
MORGANTOWN – A two-hour House debate on a bill doesn’t necessarily mean the vote will be close, and it wasn’t close on the so-called Confederate monuments bill […]
House Judiciary OKs 2nd Amendment bill; law enforcement worries it may hamper cooperation with feds
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill Friday morning aimed at protecting the state from federal gun control overreach, but law enforcement expressed worries that […]
Caputo-Beach Senate resolution urges governor, D.C. delegation to work with Biden to keep Mylan plant operating
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate unanimously approved on Friday a resolution urging the governor and West Virginia’s Congressional delegation to form a task force to persuade President […]
