Senate Bill 373

Groups lobbying for strong regulations to protect that state’s water resources gathered at the Capitol Monday to tell lawmakers not to pass a bill they…

After the chemical leak from the Freedom Industries site was discovered, some blame was quickly placed on the state Department of Environmental Protection…

Senate President Jeff Kessler says the governor's rule to ease inspections in a law regulating aboveground storage tanks undermines the…

When the legislature passed Senate Bill 373, they mandated the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection create a program to register and…

  Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is planning administrative fixes instead of a special session to adjust a law regulating aboveground storage tanks.Tomblin…

Stakeholders met with the governor’s office and the Department of Environmental Protection Friday to discuss possibly calling the legislature into a…

Senate President Jeff Kessler has announced his appointment to a statewide panel that will focus on the quality of public water systems in West…

Delegate Meshea Poore has asked Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to call a special session to focus solely on legislation to protect the state’s water supply.…

The House of Delegates' Health, Judiciary, and Finance Committees held a joint public hearing Monday evening about the Elk River chemical spill.On this…

Senate Bill 373, the bill regulating above ground storage tanks, advanced through the committee process quickly this week causing concern for some members…