Release from Office of the Governor: BECKLEY, W. Va. – Gov. Jim Justice held a ceremonial bill signing Thursday for Senate Bill 267 at Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School in Beckley. The new law makes West Virginia the first state in the nation to require that students receive computer science education before[Read More…]
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Media Alert: Governor proclaiming March as Red Cross Month in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice will declare March as Red Cross Month on Friday, which is American Red Cross Day at the West Virginia State Capitol. A press conference is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Friday in Governor’s Reception Room at the Capitol.
At the West Virginia Legislature, Crossover Day sees bills die, come back to life
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Many bills in the House of Delegates made it past the Crossover Day deadline Wednesday, but a few never made it. The 50th day of the legislative session is Crossover Day, when bills that start out in the[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 28
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 51st Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: WV Brewers Guild, Upper Senate Rotunda; WV DEP Day, Upper House Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda RESOLUTIONS SCR 46: Requesting study of state’s raw dairy milk[Read More…]
WV Campus Carry Act passes after efforts to amend it fail
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite multiple attempts by delegates, including the Republican judiciary committee chairman — to amend a bill to alleviate concerns of the state’s colleges and universities, the House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday to allow students to carry[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to hear arguments at WVU College of Law
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will convene at the West Virginia University College of Law March 5 to hear arguments in three cases. The court convenes at 10 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom. Admission is free and the court’s session is[Read More…]
Brushing off concerns, WV House passes coal tax cut
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A two-year rollback of West Virginia’s severance tax on steam coal from 5 percent to 3 percent passed the House of Delegates by an overwhelming 88-11 margin Wednesday, despite concerns it will cost the state about $60 million a year and may[Read More…]
New River Train trips will not run this year, official says
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON. W.Va. — While there was still some hope that the New River Train might run in 2019, that hope appears to be gone. Chris Lockwood, the general manager of the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society Inc., the nonprofit organization running the annual New[Read More…]
WV Senate passes bill to increase penalties in DUI crashes
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill legislators began working on immediately following a summertime car crash just feet from where children were playing in Huntington’s Ritter Park passed the Senate unanimously Wednesday, the West Virginia Legislature’s crossover day. Senate Bill 105 creates the misdemeanor crime of[Read More…]
