Watch the discussion of SB 451 on WV Press InSight CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates Education Committee, chaired by Delegate Danny Hamrick, R-Harrison, will begin discussion of the Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 451, Comprehensive education reform, at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6. Recently, WV Press InSight[Read More…]
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W.Va. Senate Health and Human Resources Committee tables SNAP benefits bill
By Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia may soon be the next state to opt out of a federal law prohibiting those convicted of a substance-related felony to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits. West Virginia, South Carolina, and Mississippi are currently[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 6
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 29th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Disability Advocacy Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas; WV Beer and Wine Association of Distributors Legislative Reception, 6 - 8 p.m., Embassy Suites; HD Media, Charleston Gazette-Mail and WV Press, Legislative and Media Social,[Read More…]
Education bill faces perilous trajectory in West Virginia House
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a slog through the West Virginia Senate, a sweeping education reform package is likely to face stiff, if not fatal, resistance in the House of Delegates. House Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, said the entire 41-person caucus opposes the bill in[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 5
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 28th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Fairness West Virginia, Upper House Rotunda (9 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.); AARP, Upper Senate Rotunda; Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Day, Lower Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda RESOLUTIONS SR 27: Designating[Read More…]
WV Sen. Ihlenfeld bill targets lawmaker contracts with state agencies
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The first bill introduced by freshman West Virginia Sen. William Ihlenfeld seeks to stop state lawmakers from financially benefiting from contracts with state agencies. Senate Bill 370 would add West Virginia legislators to existing state law that currently prohibits[Read More…]
Senate judiciary gives industry more time to review water quality
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers voted Friday to give companies that discharge cancer-causing chemicals into West Virginia waterways another year to gather information before new water quality standards would be implemented. Companies have already had several years to gather that information, as the new standards were first recommended by[Read More…]
Delegates prepare for Senate passage of West Virginia education omnibus
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As members of the West Virginia Senate met into the early evening Friday, voting amendments up and down for their sweeping education reform package, the speaker of the House of Delegates was watching and listening from the back[Read More…]
Community organizations, West Virginia lawmakers work to offer resources to released inmates
By KELSIE LeROSE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Officials across West Virginia are working to create and maintain resources to assist individuals in becoming reintegrated into society after being released from incarceration. Sen. John Unger, D-Berkeley, and president of the nonprofit group Greater Recovery and Community Empowerment, or GRaCE, said[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate’s omnibus education bill moves to 3rd reading in Senate
See WV Press InSight’s Discussion of SB 451 By Phil Kabler Charleston Gazette-Mail Capitol Correspondent For The West Virginia Press Association One issue dominated the fourth week of the 2019 legislative session, the now-133 page omnibus education bill, a bill that has grown more controversial by the day. It[Read More…]
