A bill that could help industries which use large amounts of electricity was passed today by the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Senate Bill 656 would create “special rates for energy-intensive industrial electric power consumers.” These rates would be established by the Public Service Commission.
Industries wishing to take advantage of the special rates would need to [...]

A bill that would create a public campaign financing pilot program for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and was sent to the Senate floor.
House Bill 4130 creates a public campaign finance program for the 2012 election cycle which would be funded through attorney fees, special court fees and [...]

The West Virginia Republican Party could receive word as early as Friday, March 11, as to whether or not the leasing of their new headquarters is legal.
The Federal Election Commission released today two drafts of an advisory opinion it plans to present at a meeting next Friday. The commission will decide whether or not it [...]

Listen as State Sen. Erik Wells, D-Kanawha, pulls Senate Bill 686, which would have created a charter school program in West Virginia, from consideration by the West Virginia State Senate.

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Bob Morgenstern, Director for Organizing and Communications for the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, was asked for comment in regards [...]

The 2010 West Virginia Legislative Session is winding down and with so much going on it’s hard to cover it all. So West Virginia Watchdog brings to you audio from the floor sessions, where bills live and die and the debate happens.
House Bill 4652 would establish a school calendar committee for each county. Listen to [...]

Last week was not a good week for Republicans in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Five times they tried to dislodge their bills – some controversial – out of the committees they were stuck in with discharge motions, only to be thrown into another dimension: the House inactive calendar. House Democrats, much like a matador [...]

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that the state would accept the South Charleston Technology Park from Dow Chemical. Watch the video below of the press conference. Read the press release below:

Gov. Joe Manchin today announced that the State of West Virginia is committed to revitalizing the South Charleston Technology Park and requested the [...]

In a speech Wednesday during an evening floor session of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Del. Jonathan Miller, R-Berkeley, encouraged fellow House members to support a bill that would ensure the freedom of citizens to choose their own health insurance.

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House Bill 3002, the Health Care Freedom Act, would ensure the right of [...]

A bill that would allow for the creation of charter schools in West Virginia was passed out of the Senate Education Committee by majority vote today, but not without teacher union opposition.
Senate Bill 686 would create the first charter school program in the state. Charter schools are public schools and receive public monies, but are [...]

West Virginia’s total bond debt increased by 158.41 percent since the creation of the Division of Debt Management, an agency that monitors the state’s ever expanding bond debt.
The Division of Debt Management was created in 1991 to monitor the state’s total debt position and develop a comprehensive long-term debt plan. The agency accomplishes the first [...]