By Matthew Young, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  With just four days remaining in West Virginia’s 2022 legislative session, the House of Delegates once again spent a considerable amount of time during its Wednesday floor session on third readings. Committee Substitute for SB 470 was the first of[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.VA. — From the House Rotunda to one Capitol entrance, the inaugural West Virginia Motorsports Day at the Capitol attracted attention to the enthusiasts and industry in the state. Highlighted by the roaring motor of the 1967 AHRA World Championship “Hundley and Boggs” Top Fuel[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The average price for a gallon of gasoline hit a record $4.17 Tuesday, only hours after President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports. Area lawmakers largely applauded that move while also demanding that the administration do more to[Read More…]

By Xena Bunton, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — According to 2020 data from America’s Health Rankings, 4.6% of West Virginians are affected by chronic kidney disease — not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence — causing doctors and health officials to stress the importance of annual tests. Caused by[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill passed by the West Virginia House of Delegates last week dealing with allowing antibodies levels to count the same as vaccination to COVID and other diseases hit a brick wall in a state Senate committee Monday. The Senate Government[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A House oil and gas bill that has caused some concern in the environmental community met its apparent end it Senate Energy on Tuesday. HB 2598 intended to exclude from the Aboveground Storage Tank Act’s inspection requirements tanks having a capacity of[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill designed to increase funding for state air quality regulators is headed for the full West Virginia Senate, moving beyond where it stalled in last year’s legislative session. Without discussion Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee approved House Bill 3082, which would[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The WV Press Association will post and update photos from the 2022 Girls basketball tournament throughout the week.

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The House Education Committee followed up an early Monday public hearing on the Senate’s Anti-Racism Act – with speakers overwhelmingly against it – with two hours of debate and passage of a scaled-down version. That version will go to House Judiciary where[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved Gov. Jim Justice’s pay raise bill Monday that raises pay for teachers and school service personnel, but giving West Virginia State Police troopers a larger bump than included in the bill as it passed[Read More…]