Craig Blair

West Virginia leaders in K-12 education are speaking out against a resolution approved by the West Virginia Legislature. The resolution, if approved by voters this fall, would allow the legislature to take rule-making authority from the West Virginia Board of Education.

The bill establishes a mining mutual insurance company. The company would sell bonds for mine reclamation and serve as a backstop to the existing Special Reclamation Fund.

Concerns over vulnerable mine reclamation bonds in West Virginia has the Senate attempting to be proactive according to Senate President Craig Blair (R-Berkeley) who introduced Senate Bill 1, “Creating a Mining Mutual Insurance Company” on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.

A new statewide academic competition – that will mirror a history bowl format – will launch for West Virginia high school students this month. The West Virginia Academic Showdown will be a head-to-head competition between high school teams from across the state.

Former State Senator Sue Cline, 75, of Brenton, West Virginia, has died. Cline served in the state senate from 2016 to 2020 representing the 9th Senatorial District

Gov. Jim Justice announced that he will seek a five percent raise for all state employees in 2022. Additionally, Justice announced that all state employees will receive a one-time 2.5 percent bonus to combat the rising costs of inflation.

It has been a week of snow, ice and power outages, but the work of the West Virginia Legislature continued at a brisk pace. This week on The Legislature Today, we speak with House and Senate leadership, and we have updates on numerous bills.

House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, (R) Clay, and Senate President Craig Blair, (R) Berkeley, join The Legislature Today from the Capitol building.

Eleven Eastern Panhandle lawmakers met Friday morning to discuss top priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Among them: education, broadband and tax reform.

We have updates on gun legislation, a renewable energy bill, and we bring you the latest on the Senate’s version of the budget bill.The Senate passed its…