By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates spent nearly two hours on Feb. 14 debating amendments to HB 4268, the gas well mineral tract co-tenancy bill. Members rejected one offered by Delegates Barbara Evens Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, and Dave Pethtel, D-Wetzel, to raise the lease[Read More…]
Government
Redistricting bill sent to West Virginia House floor without independent commission
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A House of Delegates committee sent a bill to the floor Wednesday that would change the factors legislators use when drawing political district lines after each decennial census. The bill does not, however, create an independent commission to handle the redistricting process, as[Read More…]
Bill in WV Legislature would allow legal sports gambling
By JOE SEVERINO The Daily Athenaeum CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A proposed bill in the West Virginia Legislature would allow betting on college and professional sports in the state’s five casinos, pending federal approval. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide within the next few months if it will overturn a ruling[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 15
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 37th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: xx SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On the Agenda: RESOLUTIONS SR 43: Designating February 15, 2018, as WV Alzheimer’s Association Day UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 20: Requesting Bureau for[Read More…]
WV House OKs lowering teacher criteria; non-fully certified teachers teach 38% 7th-11th grade math courses
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The day after a West Virginia Department of Education presentation revealed that 38 percent of public school math courses in grades seven through 11 are taught by “non-fully certified teachers,” the House of Delegates passed 50-48 a bill that would lower requirements to[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes pay raise bill for teachers, service personnel, State Police
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House passed 98-1 an amended bill early Tuesday afternoon that would increase salaries of teachers, service personnel and State Police. The sole no vote on Senate Bill 267 was Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio. The bill now heads back to the Senate to[Read More…]
W.Va. House of Delegates passes pay raise; measure doubles original amount
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates approved an increased multi-year pay raise plan for teachers, service personnel and State Police on Tuesday. The House’s amended version of Senate Bill 267, which passed on a 98-1 vote, doubles the pay raise originally proposed for teachers, school[Read More…]
W.Va. House passes teacher pay raise bill, sends to Senate
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed SB 267, the teacher pay raise bill, 98-1 on Feb. 13 and sent it to the Senate. Many Democrats voted green relucantly, saying the raises are too small to do any good. Delegate Mike Caputo, D-Marion,[Read More…]
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…]
