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Sports betting bill advances to full West Virginia Senate
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to legalize sports betting at West Virginia casinos is headed to the full Senate, after the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday rejected two amendments that would have substantially altered the proposal. Under the proposed legislation, Senate Bill 415, if the U.S. Supreme[Read More…]
Sports betting bill advances to West Virginia Senate floor
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Amid attempts to lessen involvement of casinos and retain more money for state coffers, legislation to legalize sports betting in West Virginia cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday and now moves on to a vote in the full[Read More…]
Democratic candidate turns House of Delegates eviction into $45k fundraising haul
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Getting escorted out of a public hearing while yelling West Virginia’s state motto might have been a best-case scenario for Lissa Lucas’ political future. On Friday, Lucas, who is running as a Democrat for the House of Delegates in the 7th District, spoke[Read More…]
West Virginia Republicans push bill to protect Confederate monuments
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In response to debate over removing Confederate monuments from public lands, a bill sponsored by eight Republicans, including Sue Cline of Wyoming County, passed out of the Senate Committee on Government Organization on Tuesday. The bill, dubbed the West Virginia Monument and[Read More…]
Senate votes to change oversight of West Virginia farmers’ markets
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would transfer control of state farmers’ markets to the Department of Agriculture. Farmers markets are currently under the control of the Department of Health and Human Services. But Senate Bill 375, approved[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate resolution targets Medicaid funding for abortion
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A resolution, passed in the state Senate, would call on voters to decide whether Medicaid funding of abortions should remain or if that authority should be given to lawmakers through a proposed constitutional amendment. Last week, the West Virginia[Read More…]
William Ihlenfeld of Wheeling will run for West Virginia Senate
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld II has entered politics, and is now a Democrat candidate for the 1st District State Senate seat presently occupied by Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns. Previously, Ferns, R-Ohio, had no opposition in the race.[Read More…]
Proposed budget would slash Chesapeake Bay cleanup funds
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — If President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that was unveiled Monday is adopted, funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup program would be reduced by more than 90 percent, according to an Associated Press report. “We’ve had that confirmed, and it would be devastating to[Read More…]
West Virginia Law Review symposium to explore range of Appalachian issues
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 80 national and regional experts will address issues that affect those who live Appalachia every day including: health care; veterans; oil, gas and coal; civil rights; broadband expansion; economic development; criminal justice and educational and legal reform at a symposium to be held[Read More…]