By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — With the 2026 legislative session ending at midnight Saturday, the House of Delegates spent nearly two hours Friday rejecting all but one amendment to a bill to provide a 5% tax cut to West Virginians, while the state Senate[Read More…]

By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — WV(Dis)enabled announced Wednesday plans to launch a nonprofit initiative aimed at reducing accessibility barriers and advancing civil rights for people with disabilities in West Virginia. The announcement came during a press conference at the Tamarack Marketplace, where organizers outlined their vision for a[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – With the 2026 session of the West Virginia Legislature ending at midnight Saturday, the House of Delegates worked its way through a lengthy floor session to pass bills and ensure others make it to the Saturday deadline. Thursday marked[Read More…]

By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Tax relief legislation for the fossil fuel industry — generated quickly in recent days by West Virginia lawmakers — was on the verge of passing as of press time Thursday. If approved, the law is projected to decrease state revenue by more than $350 million through[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Inter-Mountain Charleston – In a Thursday evening statement, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that he signed Senate Bill 250, the compromise budget bill between the House of Delegates and state Senate, with several line-item vetoes. SB 250 sets the general revenue budget for fiscal[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — A bill that would limit state contracting with advertising agencies that use companies that rank media outlets by accuracy and bias is on its way to the full West Virginia House of Delegates after being amended. The House Judiciary[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia Gov. Patrick Morrisey expressed frustration with the House Finance Committee on Tuesday over what he perceived as its slow handling of Senate Bill 570, a supplemental appropriations bill which would place all $199.5 million in federal Rural Health Transformation program funding under the control of the West[Read More…]

By Laura BilsonFor HDMedia Eight local muralists displayed artwork with themes of nature and community at the West Side Ripple Mural Project unveiling Thursday evening. About 30 people turned out for the event, hosted by the West Virginia Creative Network, formerly the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts, West Virginia State University Extension[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Intelligencer Charleston – A bipartisan majority of the West Virginia House of Delegates sent a clear message to the state Senate Tuesday by rejecting the Senate’s efforts to require coal-fired power plants to operate even when it makes no economic sense to do so. The[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia State lawmakers walked into the last week of the 2026 legislative session at just after 11 a.m. on Monday, having sent 31 new laws to the desk of Gov. Patrick Morrisey. By early afternoon, that number had grown to 51. In the Senate, lawmakers: In the[Read More…]