If either HB 3012 or SB 513 pass as written, the cities of New Cumberland will receive 7% of the funding and Chester will receive 16 % while the City of Weirton would receive 77% of the funding, The bill divides up the 1% received…
LEGISLATIVE MUSINGS ………When I arrived at the Legislature some years ago as a freshman legislator, my fellow delegate, the late Sam Love, gave me some sage advice. “We can work against each other and nobody wins….not us and not our district. Or, we can work…
…….A governor (or president) is measured in a large part by how successful he is in getting in getting his legislative agenda passed. That’s why I often thought former legislators make better governors. They’ve been in the trenches and not only know how a bill…
Majority Leader Pat McGeehan (D-1st) is one of ten sponsors of a HB 2712, which was introduced Friday. The bill removes the exemptions for rape and incents contained in the abortion bill passed last session and signed into law by Governor Justice. Sponsors of the…
1st District Delegate Pat McGeehan to a key leadership position in the House of Delegates. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw appointed McGeehan as Majority Leader of the House. The position is seen as pivotal as it is the Majority Leader keeps track of the bills and…
……I have to applaud the Legislature for being forward thinking on two bills that were passed and signed into law by the Governor. West Virginia made national news Saturday for a bill that removed the “marital” exemption out of the statute which dealt with rape.…
The Governor still has not signed HB 5105, which allows for more vaccine exemptions for measles, mumps, chicken pox. I heard an interview on WVMETRO News in which he admits that he is not an expert on health issues and he has concern that one…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates adjourned Saturday, March 9 at midnight after having completed 280 bills, including Senate Bill 200, the budget bill. The bill, which goes next to the governor for action, covers Fiscal Year 2025: July 1, 2024 through June 30,…
…..The Bill which wiped out some of the exemptions for childhood vaccines passed on the last day of the session. Was amended in the Senate to remove the exemption for a parent simply writing a letter. The Chairman of the Senate Health & Human Resource…