By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate are considering a bill designed to combat “revenge porn.” Members of the Senate judiciary committee voted unanimously on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 to send a bill to the Senate floor that would make it a[Read More…]
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Legislators target local government websites, including Ohio County
By JANET METZNER The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It’s not unusual for West Virginia local government websites to contain outdated information — or lack important items such as meeting schedules and minutes, said Delegate Gary Howell. To ensure more timely information online, Howell, R-Mineral, sponsored House Bill 2444 that,[Read More…]
‘Emmaleigh’s Law’ would double child abuse penalties in West Virginia
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate president this week introduced a bill that doubles the penalties for child abuse offenses in memory of a young Jackson County girl who died last year after being sexually assaulted. Senate Bill 288, or Emmaleigh’s[Read More…]
WV Senate bill would give prosecutors arrest powers, allow concealed carry
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate are expected to vote Friday, Feb. 17, on a bill that would give prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecutors arrest powers and allow them to carry concealed weapons while in other states. The bill, SB230, would[Read More…]
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Trump signs bill repealing Obama-era Stream Protection Rule
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia and Virginia lawmakers were on hand Thursday when President Donald Trump signed a document which disapproves the Stream Protection Rule, a Department of the Interior rule which opponents said adversely impacted the coal industry. President Trump signed H.J. Res. 38,[Read More…]
W.Va. Whistle-Blower Law gets support from House; heads to Senate
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation designed to improve the protections to whistle-blowers in government agencies has passed the House unanimously and is now scheduled to go before the Senate, a local lawmaker said Thursday. Delegate John Shott, R-Mercer, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is the[Read More…]
Bill would change age to buy tobacco products to 21
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — A Senate committee advanced a bill that would change the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old. Senate Bill 37, would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. Hawaii and California have done[Read More…]
House health committee holds off on selling long-term care hospital
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates committee on health and human resources held off advancing a bill that would authorize the sale of one of the state’s four long-term behavioral health care facilities while they wait to see what[Read More…]
Bill introduced to drop Common Core in West Virginia
By JOSELYN KING The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — A Hancock County delegate has reintroduced a bill to eliminate Common Core education standards in West Virginia. Delegate Pat McGeehan, a Republican from the Northern Panhandle county, said the state’s way to educate students is “confused and convoluted” and taxpayers should[Read More…]