W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE:                       Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 18: US Marine CPL Walter Vincent Filipek[Read More…]

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the State of West Virginia’s general obligation debt to Aa2 from Aa1 CHARLESTON, WV – Today, Governor Jim Justice held a press conference at the State Capitol to discuss West Virginia’s credit downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FULL VIDEO OF TODAY’S PRESS[Read More…]

By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail Gov. Jim Justice and Republican lawmakers have introduced competing bills that would overhaul the agency that manages more than 7,500 state-owned vehicles in West Virginia. On Monday morning, Delegate Gary Howell, R-Mineral, submitted legislation (HB 2004) to create a centralized system to track state vehicles.[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal Members of the West Virginia Senate voted almost unanimously on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 to give county governments more of a say in the setting of water rates for their local public service districts. The Senate voted 32-1, with one member absent, to allow[Read More…]

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  Cabell and Wayne county legislative representatives are sponsoring or supporting numerous bills aimed at curbing drug addiction in the Mountain State, including a bill introduced Monday that would increase penalties for delivering drugs that result in death. House Bill 2003 creates a[Read More…]

By JANET METZNER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register CHARLESTON — Some lawmakers want to encourage companies to renovate West Virginia’s historic buildings by offering a higher tax credit on rehabilitating them comparable to those in surrounding states. House Bill 2545, introduced Monday in the state Legislature, aims to even[Read More…]

By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Monday that’s designed to discourage lawmakers from holding campaign fundraisers during the legislative session.  House members voted 98-0 to approve HB 2319, which would require lawmakers to disclose fundraising events held during the[Read More…]

By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The House of Delegates approved bills Feb. 20 dealing with legislator fundraisers and littering fines. HB 2319 requires a legislator running for legislative office who holds a fundraiser during a legislative session to disclose the event, the receipt of all contributions[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The Senate Committee on Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill Monday that would allow people to hunt on private property on Sundays with landowner permission. Senate Bill 345 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Jason Webb, lobbyist for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said[Read More…]