We are more than two-thirds of the way through the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day session, racing toward midnight on Saturday, March 11.We’re up to 2,225 bills that have been introduced, with 138 bills that have passed the Senate, 103 bills that have passed the House of Delegates, 25 ...
No one — well, almost no one — wants to be labeled a racist. That’s why, perhaps, in this Orwellian, up-is-down, down-is-up, lies-are-truth environment we live in, a racist piece of legislation is called The Anti-Racism Act of 2023 (SB130), which unfortunately appears ready to sail ...
Many at the Capitol in Charleston and some throughout the media are perplexed by my opposition to the deal in the works between the state and Form Energy, a startup company with the stated intent of bringing a battery-production facility to Weirton. How could I be opposed to the 750 jobs the ...
The Marshall County Health Department this week will be operating somewhat differently, and the following week (February 27-March 3), it will be closed as it moves to a new location at the TeleTech building on TeleTech Drive in Moundsville. Current plans call for the health department to ...
We passed the 30-day mark Thursday, marking the halfway point of the 60-day legislative session. So, how are lawmakers doing? Good question.As of Friday, there have been 1,971 bills introduced during the 2023 legislative session. Of that number, only 18 bills have completed the legislative ...
Last fall our elected leaders responded to the opportunity presented by the Dobbs decision in the U.S. Supreme Court, and courageously voted to pass legislation severely curtailing the abhorrent practice of abortion in the Mountain State. I continue to applaud those important steps. ...