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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates could be coming to blows with the state Senate over changes to a bill that would determine w…
CHARLESTON — With a week left in the 2023 legislative session, the House of Delegates pushed out bills reforming the state’s public workers he…
Legislation focused on West Virginia health issues was a topic of debate and lawmaking during Saturday’s legislative session with many bills b…
CHARLESTON — Two bills to provide pay raises for West Virginia public employees, including the budget bill for the next fiscal year, passed th…
CHARLESTON — With just two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session, a compromise between the two differing tax reform proposals — one backe…
CHARLESTON — In an act of deja vu, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday splitting the Department of Health and Human Resources int…
CHARLESTON — In a move that state Senate President Craig Blair called “selfless,” Senate Economic Development Committee Chairman Chandler Swop…
While competing tax cut plans, public funding for pregnancy centers and debate over Form Energy incentives earned much of the headlines from t…
WEIRTON — The Form Energy battery manufacturing facility proposed for Weirton could have an annual economic impact of more than $155 million, …
CHARLESTON — Despite hearing from a large group opposing the bill Thursday, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Friday ban…
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice introduced a bill to provide pay raises to teachers and school service personnel in West Virginia, but a House o…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw and Virginia Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert met recent…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is not about West Virginia, said Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With House Counsel Dan Greear leaving to become an Intermediate Court of Appeals judge, West Virginia House Speaker Roger …
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia Manufacturers Association is applauding the repeal of the state’s ban on nuclear power plants.
CHARLESTON — A bill to repeal West Virginia’s ban on nuclear power facilities is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia State Senate Republicans on Monday issued a statement in support of WVU President E. Gordon Gee ju…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona recently praised the state’s efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccinat…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, sophisticated and costly.
In December, USA Today published an opinion piece that asserted “the Supreme Court might be finding its way to overturning ‘qualified immunity.’”
CHARLESTON — When funds ran dry Thursday for the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program aimed bailing out small businesses during the pandem…
CHARLESTON — For the third straight month, West Virginia’s revenues have surpassed projections, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday will consider a bill to change the law requiring hospital boards of directors main…
For the second week in a row at the Capitol, a major piece of legislative agenda crashed and burned, as the Senate failed to advance a joint r…
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch told House lawmakers Tuesday that the state’s lack of renewable energy generation is a…
CHARLESTON — A bill before the West Virginia Legislature that would expand the rights of children and guardians within the foster care system …
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that state revenue collections in January were once again above the government estimates.
CHARLESTON — Democratic members of both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature on Monday held a press conference to unveil their plan to he…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Reverend Matthew J. Watts, the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church in Charleston, W.Va., and CEO of HOPE Community Develop…
At a session that Administration Secretary Allan McVey described as “the slowest session I think I’ve ever seen,” debate over a proposed chang…
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Legislature is approaching the halfway point of the 2020 session.
CHARLESTON — A trio of bills relevant to West Virginia’s oil and gas industry were advanced by Senate committees on Thursday.
CHARLESTON — On Thursday — one day after passing legislation aimed at reducing the state’s incarcerated population — lawmakers in the West Vir…
CHARLESTON — After a lengthy floor debate Wednesday — featuring spirited speeches for and against the issue — lawmakers in the West Virginia H…
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates voted to pass a bill Wednesday that lawmakers have said is aimed at reducing the state’s incarcerated popu…
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Park Foundation this week expressed its support of legislation to create a new endowment fund for the sta…
CHARLESTON — Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Energy Industry and Mining Committee was dominated by discussion of a bill opposed by the state’s…
CLARKSBURG — County officials are urging caution as state legislators again consider a manufacturing machinery, equipment and inventory proper…
CHARLESTON — On Monday, members of the House Judiciary Committee debated a proposed bill that would change the rules and requirements for publ…
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers have taken up legislation that continues the state’s move to lessen jail time, especially for those who h…
MORGANTOWN — Small business in West Virginia has perhaps more resources than ever that are adjusting to the modern age.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Gov. Jim Justice joined industry officials at the 2020 Winter Meeting of the …
CLARKSBURG — County boards of education could be at risk of losing some school funding if state legislators move forward with the elimination …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers have taken up legislation that would give a second chance to those incarcerated for misdemeanor offenses.
CHARLESTON — Citing a need for more regionalization of West Virginia’s economic development efforts, Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch said the 44 …
CHARLESTON — Just hours ahead of the start of the 2020 session of the West Virginia Legislature, the Senate announced the creation of a new co…
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy told lawmakers Monday that declining severance tax collections are to blame for recent…
BRIDGEPORT — Harrison County’s Republican lawmakers gave an overview of their priorities and goals for the upcoming session of the West Virgin…
FAIRMONT — Less than a week before the start of West Virginia’s 2020 legislative session, lawmakers from Marion and Taylor counties gathered a…
CHARLESTON — Rounding out both the calendar year and the first half of the fiscal year, West Virginia’s tax revenue collections for the month …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Del. Marshall Wilson, who represents the 60th House District encompassing part of Berkeley County, on Tuesday annou…
CHARLESTON — The members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted to pass Senate Bill 2001 before adjourning sine die on Monday, marking …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said his office sees no need to make mid-year budget cuts.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice on Friday directed officials with the state Department of Health and Human Resources to begin a process to elimi…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined other senators this week in introducing a bill which aims to improve education an…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Thursday joined other officials at a Working Families Summit, where she discussed leg…
CHARLESTON — A coalition of attorneys general in the United States has come together to ask the federal government to classify fentanyl among …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is continuing his efforts to migrate registration of charities online in order to str…
CHARLESTON — Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, didn't outright endorse efforts to change West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws …
CHARLESTON — With the 2020 session of the West Virginia Legislature just a month away, it’s becoming more apparent that lawmakers will likely …
PLEASANT VALLEY — After spending more than 20 years in the House of Delegates, Del. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, announced Tuesday that he’ll be run…
CHARLESTON — During the recent special session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers finalized just two of the three bills put forward b…
WASHINGTON — Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. are continuing to advocate for the passage of legislation to shore …
CHARLESTON — State Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Austin Caperton continued to promote the expected “petrochemical renaissan…
CHARLESTON — Members of the state Senate met briefly Tuesday afternoon before adjourning the special session sine die.
CHARLESTON — The special session of the West Virginia Legislature dragged on past 8 p.m. Monday as lawmakers in the House of Delegates debated…
CHARLESTON — Lawmakers discussed the potential impacts of a bill aimed at fostering the development of renewable energy sources Monday during …
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia Sen. Robert Beach, D-Monongalia, has asked Gov. Jim Justice to declare a public health emergency regarding electron…
CLARKSBURG — During a visit to the Clarksburg Mission on Thursday, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., heard an overview of an ambitious plan t…
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Del. Jason Harshbarger submitted a letter of resignation to the House of Delegates Wednesday.
A tumultuous week at the Capitol was marked by intense, emotional debate, and a 59-41 passage vote in the House of Delegates of a controversia…
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates Government Organization Committee voted Friday to postpone discussion of SB 615’s committee …
CHARLESTON — The governor’s task force to fix the health-insurance program for teachers and public employees unanimously approved two recommen…
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a late 2018 decision by West Virginia’s high court that …
CHARLESTON — While lawmakers decide how to handle budget surpluses this year, they are also preparing to work on a series of bills relating to…
CHARLESTON — As the 2019 session of the West Virginia Legislature begins, teachers and school workers across the state made it clear there are…
CHARLESTON — Following his 2019 State of the State address, Gov. Jim Justice elaborated on how he plans to achieve his agenda, which would inc…
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s chief cybersecurity expert is asking lawmakers to give his office $4.5 million to start a new program that would …