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Bill to fund PEIA with surplus goes to vote
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill dedicating some General Revenue Fund surplus money into the Public Employees’ Insurance Agency Stability Fund will be up for passage Thursday in the House of Delegates. The bill dedicates 20 percent of the surplus money at the end of the[Read More…]
West Virginia House discusses parking lot gun bill
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s business and manufacturing associations are almost all against a bill working its way through the House of Delegates that would prohibit employers from banning guns in the cars of employees or customers on their parking lots. House Bill 4187, also called[Read More…]
Senate Energy Committee passes co-tenancy bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that allows the development of oil and natural gas resources across adjoining properties if at least three-fourths of the property owners agree, cleared the Senate Committee on Energy Industry and Mining Wednesday. House Bill 4628 the development in cases where there are more[Read More…]
As oil and gas bills continue through West Virginia Legislature, workers rally outside
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the West Virginia Senate’s Energy, Industry and Mining Committee and House Judiciary Committee were voting on two controversial oil and gas bills inside the capitol Wednesday morning, industry workers were already gathering outside the building. Hundreds of workers from the natural gas[Read More…]
Bills to elect West Virginia school board members, let lawmakers reject rules may die
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the night of Feb. 14, the state Senate Judiciary Committee discussed a type of bill that likely hadn’t been seen in a legislative committee since Jan. 26, when the House Judiciary Committee chairman sent a version to a subcommittee that still[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate talks tax bill, hemp industry
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate had a relatively light calendar Wednesday morning, passing one bill dealing with tax credits and a resolution promoting the industrial hemp industry. The bill is SB 477. It requires any new tax credits approved by the Legislature to[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s medical marijuana board recommends smokable forms of marijuana
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s medical marijuana board plans to recommend to state lawmakers that patients who have met certain requirements be able to buy smokable forms of marijuana. The board, which met Tuesday afternoon at the University of Charleston, also plans to recommend state lawmakers[Read More…]
Wheeling prepares for Its 250th Birthday Bash
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Elaborate parades, theme songs and unique activities involving the Wheeling Suspension Bridge could be in store, as the “Wheeling 250” committee prepares to celebrate the city’s 250th anniversary, which will occur in 2019. From the days of Native Americans[Read More…]
