By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would have limited homeless shelters died in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday. House Bill 4753 took a legislative roller-coaster ride, starting in the House Judiciary Committee, followed by a public hearing Monday morning before moving on[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While contentious debates over bills in the West Virginia Senate were few and far between, the House of Delegates broke out in several debates over multiple bills, dragging out Crossover Day nearly into the early evening Wednesday. The[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, WV – The West Side has become a little brighter thanks to the work of the West Side Neighborhood Association’s Luna Park Historic District committee. Together in partnership with the City of Charleston and the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, they led the project to raise[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press News Service CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two Senate bills relating to mineral property rights and oil and gas interests for horizontal well drilling have now moved out of the House Committee on Energy and Manufacturing. Senate Bill 650 and Senate Bill 694 were the two bills[Read More…]

By Matthew Young, WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With the conclusion of West Virginia’s 2022 legislative session less than two weeks away, the Senate’s Health and Human Resources Committee met on Tuesday with seven proposed bills on its agenda. Each of the bills deliberated by committee members related[Read More…]

Learn how to access more than $7 Billion in federal funding CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The 2022 West Virginia Construction and Design Exposition (EXPO) will be held March 23-24 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Attendees can network and learn from a variety of expert exhibitors and other attendees on[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Tuesday he wants the United States to end crude oil imports from Russia and begin immediately to work toward energy independence. “If there was ever a time to be energy independent, it is now,” he said[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The House of Delegates on Tuesday defeated an effort to kill a bill aimed at stripping the Office of Miner’ Health, Safety and Training of its enforcement powers – a bill strongly opposed by the United Mine Workers of America. HB 4840,[Read More…]

By Courtney Hessler, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday in hopes of giving people battling substance use disorder the same rights as tenants. Senate Bill 590 would add a new section to housing law, giving tenancy rights to people living in recovery residences,[Read More…]

By Caity Coyne, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources advanced a bill Tuesday limiting copayments for insulin at $35 for a month’s supply and adding coverage for insulin devices into code for the first time. House Bill 4252 unanimously passed the House of[Read More…]