Lunchtime rundown: Education reform bill gets moving
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin‘s controversial education reform bill escaped the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, but not entirely unscathed. Dave Boucher has the details in his front-page story for...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: education bill marches on, e-waste and pepperoni rolls
Senate President Jeff Kessler told me last Thursday he hoped to have the education reform bill on Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin‘s desk within 10 days. At the time, in the midst of heated discussions in the...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: bullet-proof vests, cruise ships and background checks
Today is the 41st day of this year’s legislative session, and the last day for lawmakers to introduce bills in their respective houses. There were 117 bills introduced during today’s floor sessions as...
View ArticleParkersburg South mascot one step closer to bearing arms
Senate Judiciary Committee members approved a bill on Thursday to allow the Parkersburg South High School mascot, The Patriot, to carry a musket on school property while acting in an official capacity....
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Lunchtime rundown: Manchin negotiates gun bill, seat belt bill poised for...
If you’ve watched a 24-hour news channel in the last…24 hours…chances are you’ve seen a certain junior senator from West Virginia. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is grabbing lots of headlines and air time...
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