By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  – Legislators may take up a bill relating to the state’s medical marijuana law that would remove caps for licenses on processors, dispensaries and growers, two lawmakers told the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Tuesday. Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, and Delegate Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, spoke[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  – A bill specifying conditions when it is unlawful to carry a firearm at school-sponsored functions passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday. Senate Bill 244 revises conditions under which people who have concealed handgun permits could carry a concealed handgun in their car while at[Read More…]

By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The Senate Education, Industry and Mining Committee unanimously approved on Tuesday a bill to ban post-production expenses from royalty checks for certain kinds of leases, and sent it on to the Judiciary Committee. Committee chair Randy Smith, R-Tucker, said he had[Read More…]

By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday evening approved a scaled-down version of the bill to break up the Department of Health and Human Resources. The original bill, a 500-pager, proposed to break DHHR into four separate entities. The[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday proposed legislation to combat the opioid crisis centered on hiring new State Police troopers and changing certain opioid prescribing practices. Morrisey called for the addition of 150 troopers and 50 investigators to the State Police. Morrisey said[Read More…]