CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Increases in pay scales for correctional officers, a one-time bonus for correctional staff and multiple bills to keep non-…

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s foster care ombudsman is looking forward to new autonomy given to her by the Legislature this year, while …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Year-to-date excess tax revenue in West Virginia is likely to exceed the $1.7 billion surplus estimated for the end of the…

CHARLESTON – After lawmakers and advocates raised alarm bells about the number of West Virginians with intellectual and developmental disabili…

HUNTINGTON – The West Virginia Legislature spent the 2023 session addressing issues to keep the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency fina…

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has tossed an appeal of a lower court decision on a lawsuit filed by a former lawmaker…

State agencies work with hundreds of independent vendors and contractors. Those vendors submit invoices for payment of work or services performed.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The interim leader of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources told lawmakers Monday that work remains o…

The teacher shortage was one of the first items on the agenda during the April legislative interim meetings, just a month after the end of the…

CHARLESTON — Despite recruitment efforts and incentives, efforts to retain and hire correctional officers and staff in West Virginia have larg…

CHARLESTON – The leader of West Virginia's efforts to mitigate the increasing dangers of flooding told lawmakers Sunday that his office was al…

A full slate of legislative interim sessions begin this weekend. One of the biggest will look to address the crisis in state jails and prisons.

POCA, WV – Gov. Jim Justice participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at the West Virginia National Guard’s Regional Food Distributi…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – West Virginia’s Ben Queen, a state senator from Harrison County, has earned national recognition as one of 28 legislators f…

After years of failed attempts, Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, also known as Campus Carry, passed in the recently completed legi…

CHARLESTON — Legislation that will prohibit foreign countries on U.S. government watch lists and fly-by-night property speculators from purcha…

CHARLESTON — Wednesday marked the final day for Gov. Jim Justice to either sign bills passed by the Legislature during the 2023 session, veto …

CHARLESTON — A bill that could change motor vehicle inspections in West Virginia to every two years is awaiting the signature of Gov. Jim Justice.

CHARLESTON —– Gov. Jim Justice put his signature Friday on a state budget bill that includes raises for public employees, a separate bill prov…

CHARLESTON —– Gov. Jim Justice put his signature Friday on a state budget bill that includes raises for public employees, a separate bill prov…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature adjourned Saturday night with no bills aimed at recruiting or retaining correctional officer…

Several lawmakers called the just completed legislative session historic, while others were left with concerns over a focus on major economic …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Monday a trio of bills passed during the recently concluded regular session of …

CHARLESTON — The 2023 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature ended at midnight Saturday, with many of the priorities set by Republic…

CHARLESTON — Drama filled the West Virginia Senate on the next to last day of the 2023 legislative session as some of the chamber’s far-right …

CHARLESTON — With one day left in the 2023 legislative session, the House of Delegates approved a compromise with the state Senate on West Vir…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A bill thought dead after a committee vote Wednesday found new life Thursday evening when the West Virginia Sena…

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate passed a compromise version of the state budget bill, along with more than three dozen other bills, Thur…

CHARLESTON — A bill carving out several exemptions for health care providers and hospitals in the West Virginia certificate of need law, as we…

CHARLESTON — A bill meant to give West Virginia money managers more say over investment decisions to ensure state investments are not funding …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The latest episode of West Virginia Legislature This Week features conversations with an array of lawmakers and …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Tuesday that will open up competition for the state’s lucrative Medic…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice signed the “largest tax cut in the history of the state West Virginia” into law Tuesday afternoon.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The third time could be the charm for a bill to provide additional support staff for early elementary school tea…

CHARLESTON — A version of a bill that would provide additional teaching aides in early elementary classrooms and resources to help students be…

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates could be coming to blows with the state Senate over changes to a bill that would determine w…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice has signed House Bill 2006 into law.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice made an appearance on the latest episode of WV News’ webcast program West Virginia Legislature …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia Senate Finance Committee Chair Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, had been locking horns with Gov. Jim Justice s…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Sen. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, has served in the West Virginia Legislature for nearly 30 years, first as a member o…

CHARLESTON — With a week left in the 2023 legislative session, the House of Delegates pushed out bills reforming the state’s public workers he…

The state Senate’s Public Employees Insurance Agency bill is now in the hands of the House of Delegates.

The West Virginia Legislature once again took up the issue of insulin costs on Friday, with the House of Delegates passing legislation to cap …

Many families face the question of what is the best place for an aging family member to get the best care in their later years? In-home care? …

The Senate Education Committee took up a bill Thursday aimed at addressing the state’s bus driver shortage.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the Crossover Day deadline now in the rearview mirror, focus has turned to a bill that would make West Virginia’s pub…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the Crossover Day deadline now in the rearview mirror, focus has turned to a bill that would make West Virginia’s pub…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would ban both surgical and medication gender-affirming care for minors in West Virginia was approved by a com…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While the West Virginia House of Delegates spent most of Wednesday debating bills, the state Senate quickly dispensed with…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates spent more than six hours Wednesday working to get the last of its bills across the f…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday held a ceremonial bill signing for Senate Bill 10, the campus carry bill.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — House Bill 2526, the tax reform package, is back in front of the West Virginia House of Delegates after quickly …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — J.B. McCuskey, two-term state auditor, believes he is the best choice for the Republican nomination for governor in 2024.

CHARLESTON — A bill to create an inspector general role to investigate alleged wrongdoing within the divisions of the West Virginia Department…

CHARLESTON — The majority leader of the West Virginia Senate acknowledged Tuesday that he should have requested a ruling on whether he had a c…

The state Senate passed 20 bills Monday on issues ranging from alcohol consumption to high school sports.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After more than seven years since the Legislature last tried to pass it, members of the Republican-led House of Delegates …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After more than seven years since the Legislature last tried to pass it, members of the Republican-led House of Delegates …

Legislation focused on West Virginia health issues was a topic of debate and lawmaking during Saturday’s legislative session with many bills b…

CHARLESTON — Two bills to provide pay raises for West Virginia public employees, including the budget bill for the next fiscal year, passed th…

CHARLESTON — With just two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session, a compromise between the two differing tax reform proposals — one backe…

CHARLESTON — For the third year in a row, the way West Virginia handles property tax assessments for oil and natural gas-producing property is…

WEIRTON, W.Va. — In the shadow of what once was the open hearth of the former Weirton Steel Corp., Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill Friday after…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill setting West Virginia’s general revenue budget emerged out of a Senate committee Friday morning, beginning the race…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill sponsored by several Wood County lawmakers to cap the number of substance use treatment beds in counties passed the…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In yet another effort to recruit and retain correctional officers in parts of West Virginia facing the most shortages of p…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — More than 20 companies and organizations across the state’s natural gas and oil sector, along with lawmakers and…

CHARLESTON — A bill to provide West Virginians with religious protections from government interference is on its way to the floor of the House…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The latest episode of West Virginia Legislature This Week features appearances from lawmakers representing the N…

CHARLESTON — In an act of deja vu, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday splitting the Department of Health and Human Resources int…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — In the wake of the West Virginia House of Delegates passing a bill that would allow for the concealed carry of f…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill addressing concerns raised late last year about alleged abuse and neglect of West Virginians with intellectual and …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill proposing multiple changes to the program that provides health care coverage for West Virginia’s public employees i…

CHARLESTON W.Va. — After years of attempts, a bill that would allow students, staff and guests with valid concealed carry permits to carry fir…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — It’s now been over a week since the state Senate unveiled its tax plan, the counterproposal to the bill backed b…

A bill meant to staff each West Virginia hospital with a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) was amended in the House.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — On Monday, the Sexuality and Gender Acceptance (SAGA) Initiative had its own booth and lobbied for LGBTQ+ youth …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With West Virginia under yet another state of emergency for flooding after heavy rainfall at the end of last week, a bill …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates rejected two amendments to a bill that could allow college stude…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — It’s now been over a week since the state Senate unveiled its tax plan, the counterproposal to the bill backed b…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — During each regular session of the West Virginia Legislature since 2017, lawmakers have attempted to pass legisl…

CHARLESTON — In a move that state Senate President Craig Blair called “selfless,” Senate Economic Development Committee Chairman Chandler Swop…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, was read for the first time in the House of Delegates during Friday…

About 40,000 West Virginians live with some degree of Alzheimer’s dementia, according to the West Virginia chapter of the Alzheimer’s Associat…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers discussed a bill Thursday that would help poor families who make just enough to not qualify for Medicaid gain ac…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow counties and large cities in West Virginia to work out agreements on the costs of jailing those ar…