CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Democrat legislators have issued the following media advisory: Legislators will address legislative priorities as we mark the halfway point of the 2022 Session. Delegate Kayla Young, D-Kanawha, and Senator Richard Lindsay, D-Kanawha, will speak at this this press conference. WHEN: 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10[Read More…]
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Public speakers overwhelmingly oppose anti-Critical Race Theory bill in West Virginia House
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A public hearing held Wednesday on a bill to prohibit the teaching of philosophies derived from Critical Race Theory brought out nearly two dozen speakers against the bill. The House Education Committee and the House Judiciary Committee held a[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: W.Va. legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 10
Thursday, Feb. 10, 202229th day of the Legislative Session CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association provides a daily preview of legislative action. This preview is made possible with the support of AARP WV, WVU University Relations, West Virginia International Yeager Airport, and the WV Press Association Foundation. ACTIVITIES CALENDAR:[Read More…]
West Virginia House Bill 4416 would exempt volunteer firefighters from vehicle registration, license plate fees
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press News Service CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia volunteer firefighters, who have at least five years of service, may no longer need to pay vehicle registration and license plate fees if House Bill 4416 receives passage during the 2022 legislative session. The bill was first introduced on[Read More…]
West Virginia House small business committee passes HB-4502, ‘Build WV Act’
By Matthew Young, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates’ Committee on Small Business Entrepreneurship and Economic Development met on Wednesday, with the majority of the discussion centered around House Bill 4502. The bill, sponsored by House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, calls for the establishment[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice signs repeal of nuclear power prohibition
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill repealing a prohibition on nuclear power plant construction in West Virginia into law Tuesday while also urging further study of the issue. According to a letter sent to the West Virginia Legislature on Tuesday,[Read More…]
House advancing bill to add up to 10 years of court supervision to drug sentences
By Lacie Pierson [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates is advancing a bill supporters say will deter people from possessing and distributing drugs, particularly fentanyl or drugs containing it. People who work in or have gone through the state’s incarceration system said the bill will make it[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegates continue work on trauma protocols
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are looking forward to the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health presenting screening protocols for adverse childhood experiences (ACES) as permitted by a law created in 2020. ACES are linked to negative impacts on childhood development[Read More…]
Energy and industry leaders praise legislative repeal of WV nuclear ban
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s manufacturing community is applauding the West Virginia Legislature for removing a longstanding ban on nuclear power in the Mountain State. Senate Bill 4, which repeals the nuclear ban, passed the full Legislature last week and was signed into law yesterday by[Read More…]
Suicides and drug overdoses: WVU researcher examines self-injury mortality
By WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia leads the nation in overdose deaths, but distinguishing intentional overdoses from accidental ones is far from straightforward. To shed light on the matter, Ian Rockett—a professor emeritus of the West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics—led a national study to examine interstate characteristics associated with[Read More…]