By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON , W.Va. — A bill to create an intermediate court of appeals — a level between circuit court and the state Supreme Court of Appeals — passed mostly along party lies on Thursday and heads to the House of Delegates. Cabell County Senator Mike[Read More…]
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West Virginia Senate nixes proposal to force drug firms to disclose opioid pill numbers
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers rejected a proposal Thursday that would have required drug companies to report the number of prescription opioids manufactured and shipped to the state during the past decade. By a 20-11 vote, state senators shot down a proposed amendment to legislation[Read More…]
Students, 4-H’ers to ‘find their path’ at WVU Day at the Legislature Feb. 20
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Higher education can open the door to a world of possibilities for West Virginia’s young people. Hundreds of 4-H’ers and students will have an opportunity to learn how they can find their path to those possibilities and to West Virginia Universityduring the 2018 WVU Day[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Friday, Feb. 16
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 38th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Undergraduate Research Day, Upper House , Upper Senate Rotundas, Upper Well Area and Lower Rotunda. SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On the Agenda: RESOLUTIONS SR 44: Urging House of Delegates investigate impeachment[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate taking ‘hard look’ at 2 percent raises; House advances PEIA funding fix
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael said Wednesday that Senate leaders are running the numbers on a teacher pay raise bill passed by the House of Delegates on Tuesday, after the House increased the proposed raise to 2 percent. “We are going[Read More…]
Bill to dedicate $29 million from Rainy Day Fund to PEIA heads to West Virginia House floor
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A freshly minted bill that would dedicate $29 million from the Rainy Day Fund to the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Premium Fund to freeze the plan cleared the House Finance Committee Wednesday and now heads to the full House. This money[Read More…]
West Virginia House Committee eyes Rainy Day Fund for PEIA boost
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates Committee on Finance Wednesday originated and approved a bill that would immediately transfer $29 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to the Public Employees Insurance Agency to guarantee there would be no changes to employee[Read More…]
West Virginia House co-tenancy bill amendment would give funds to PEIA
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A controversial oil and gas bill now includes an amendment to put money toward the Public Employees Insurance Agency. House Bill 4268, known as the co-tenancy bill, would allow natural gas and oil companies to drill with the majority, or 75 percent, of[Read More…]
West Virginia House of Delegates advances co-tenancy bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While the Legislature figures out longterm revenue sources to fund the Public Employees Insurance Agency plan for teachers and state workers, a Democratic delegate from Randolph County has a plan — and his amendment narrowly passed in a 49-47 House vote Wednesday.[Read More…]
Senate spars over employer property bill
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the state Senate got into a lengthy and sometimes heated debate Wednesday over a bill that would allow employers to charge employees for uniforms or equipment they don’t return when they leave. House Bill 2546, which was up for a vote[Read More…]
