Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 50th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Deaf Awareness Day, Upper House and Senate Rotundas. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda RESOLUTIONS SR 62: Memorializing life of Honorable R. Michael Shaw, Sr., former[Read More…]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: AARP-WV – 10 a.m. Wednesday update on caregiving services & supports
MEDIA ADVISORY: AARP-WV – 10 a.m. Wednesday update on caregiving services & supportsCHARLESTON, W.Va. — AARP WV is a conducting a news conference on caregiving services & supports at the state Capitol on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Representatives from AARP West Virginia will join with the West Virginia Directors of Senior[Read More…]
WV House discharges two bills, lets human rights measure to die in committee
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a highly unusual floor session Monday, members of the House of Delegates voted to discharge not one, but two bills, from committee as a Wednesday deadline to pass House bills out of that body nears — while again voting to leave[Read More…]
Following teachers, college students, faculty rally against campus carry in West Virginia
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A week after striking West Virginia teachers packed the Capitol to protest passage of the omnibus education bill — legislation that died Feb. 19 in the House on a procedural vote — faculty and staff from state colleges began gathering at the[Read More…]
Marshall students, professors, residents rally against campus-carry
By TREY DELIDA The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University students and professors, members of Mom’s Demand Action and concerned Huntington residents rallied at the Memorial Fountain in protest of the Campus-Carry bill, Monday, Feb. 25. HB 2519, or the Campus-Carry bill, calls for the legalization of conceal-carry of a[Read More…]
McGeehan’s National Guard bill reaches House of Delegates floor
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill intended to keep West Virginia soldiers from seeing overseas action when no act of war has been declared by Congress got discharged Monday, and had its first reading in the House of Delegates. Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock,[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes bills to expand drug treatment
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday passed two bills and amended another relating to substance use disorder and treatment. Delegates passed House Bill 3132, which exempts certain providers from some of the medication-assisted treatment licensing requirements, and House Bill 3133,[Read More…]
Medicaid work requirements bill would target those most likely to overdose
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia delegates are set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would terminate health insurance for some low-income West Virginians, a vulnerable population that a state analysis says is especially prone to death by overdose. Last week, West Virginia House of[Read More…]
Secondary West Virginia road maintenance bills move down the legislative highway
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the deadline to pass bills from one chamber to the next inches closer, two similar bills providing for secondary road maintenance moved to third reading and will be up for passage today. The West Virginia Senate approved[Read More…]
Keeping riders on the trail: Bill imposing possible $1K fines for trespassing ATVs moves to West Virginia Senate
By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill imposing penalties for ATV riders who do not remain on the designated trails in the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area has passed the House and was moved to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Introduced by Del. John Shott (R-Mercer County), House Bill[Read More…]
