W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Thursday, March 23, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. RESOLUTIONS SCR 46: Requesting study on consumer complaints regarding safety of aftermarket crash[Read More…]
Month: March 2017
10 things to know: Thursday, March 23
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, March 23, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. RAIDS LEAD TO ARRESTS IN LONDON ATTACK British police also believe the knife-wielding assailant,[Read More…]
Governor orders emergency lantern in Capitol dome lit for budget
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Declaring that proposed legislative budget cuts would create a health emergency in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday that he has ordered the lighting of the lantern in the state Capitol dome — a light historically lit during declared states of[Read More…]
Senator pulls WV mine safety bill, says compromise measure coming
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would eliminate almost all coal-mine safety enforcement by West Virginia inspectors has been pulled and alternative legislation — billed as a compromise between industry and labor — will be made public later this week, the chairman of the Senate Committee[Read More…]
Armstead, Carmichael strike back at Governor
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Speaker of the House Tim Armstead and Senate President Mitch Carmichael responded harshly Tuesday to criticisms by Gov. Jim Justice that called the legislative leadership’s budget framework “cowardly.” Armstead, R-Kanawha, said he felt Justice “belittled and made a joke” of the State[Read More…]
WV House bill to establish anti-poverty project advances
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would direct the state’s minority affairs office to create an anti-poverty initiative in one area of the state. Last Tuesday, Bill White, executive director of the Herbert Henderson office[Read More…]
Oil and gas industry rallies at WV Capitol
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As time starts to run out for this year’s legislative session, oil and gas workers descended on the Capitol Tuesday morning to get lawmakers moving on the latest legislation to help natural gas companies force minority mineral owners to allow drilling.[Read More…]
West Virginia Legislature’s budget divide lights up Charleston
Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Tuesday order to light the emergency lantern on the top of the Capitol dome for the duration of the budget crisis has rubbed Republican leadership the wrong way. The light has traditionally been used in[Read More…]
WV Senate committee votes down ‘dark money’ disclosure amendment
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail he Senate Judiciary Committee struck down an amendment Tuesday that would require the disclosure of donors who fund certain political groups. After nixing the amendment, the committee sent the bill up to the full chamber floor. Tuesday marked the second day of reviewing an amendment proposed by[Read More…]
Justice summons legislators to discuss budget impasse
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday sounded the alarm on what he said was a “health crisis beyond belief.” During a news conference in the governor’s executive meeting room, Justice said two of his executive cabinet members will be in that room[Read More…]