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Dr. Ayne Amjad, commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, and state health officer, recommends a $16.7 million budget for the governor's Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Task Force.
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State legislators got an update on the Ascend West Virginia program from Chelsea Ruby, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Tourism and Danny Twilley, Assistant Vice President of the West Virginia University Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative
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Our award-winning news and production teams will bring you the latest action from the West Virginia Legislature as lawmakers wrap up the 60th day of the 2022 session.
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West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill that would prevent people from getting an abortion because they know or believe their child will be born with a disability.
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Currently, homeschool parents must provide academic assessments to their county school board at the end of grades 3, 5, 8 and 11. Senate Bill 541 would change that and require parents to submit their child’s academic assessment only once.
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The West Virginia Senate approved a bill Monday that would alter how public school teachers get their paid time off each year.
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The Republican-led West Virginia Senate moved quickly Friday to rescind the state’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, declaring that it expired in 1979.
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Separate bills that would reduce the maximum amount of unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks and require recipients to actively seek work passed the Republican-led West Virginia Senate on Tuesday.
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SB 261 extends the amount of time that recordings from the cameras must be kept – from three months to a year, and the bill requires that recordings be checked no less than every 90 days. The 2019 law was originally put in place following incidents of physical abuse and mistreatment of students with special needs.
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West Virginia senators signed off on a bill Friday that would require water bottle filling stations in all newly built public schools. SB 246 would also require older school buildings to install them if they are undergoing major renovations.