Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. – Ahead of a possible strike, about 30 West Virginia teachers gathered outside a business owned by state Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, Monday afternoon to voice concerns over what they consider low pay and out of control health care[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill Monday that would increase salaries of certain corrections employees. The bill, which was requested by the governor, provides for a $2,000 increase over the next three years for employees of the Division of Corrections,[Read More…]

By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to rein in West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s use of lawsuit settlement funds will be up for a final vote today in the House of Delegates. House members modified the bill Monday, reducing the amount of settlement money Morrisey can keep[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Members of the state Senate postponed a vote Monday on a bill that would alter water quality discharge limits in the Mountain State. Senate Bill 290 would change state water quality standards by allowing the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A House of Delegates committee sent to the floor Monday a bill that would impose work requirements on people receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A vast majority of speakers testified against House Bill 4001 at a public hearing Monday morning.[Read More…]

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — After a public hearing where the majority of speakers opposed the bill, the House Judiciary Committee amended a bill that would impose work requirements to be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. House Bill 4001 would implement work requirements for recipients of SNAP[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate Finance Committee members debated at length Monday legislation to legalize sports betting at the state’s casinos, and for the first time, heard from professional sports leagues that want a cut of the action (Senate Bill 415). Scott Ward, a Washington attorney[Read More…]

By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — Both the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball are knocking West Virginia’s attempt to legalize sports betting, asserting the bill lacks proper safeguards, doesn’t protect consumers, and wouldn’t prohibit players from betting on their own sports. The sports[Read More…]

By KYRA BISCARNER The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A topic on many college campuses in West Virginia currently is the debate on whether to allow concealed carry on campus. Friday morning, House Bill 4298, requiring West Virginia universities and colleges to allow people with a gun license to carry concealed[Read More…]