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 [...]

We’re constantly told how much a benefit the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been for putting people back to work, protecting current jobs, and creating economic growth. I hope when it’s all said and done it was worth it, because the first six months of the 2010 fiscal year are showing that all it’s [...]

We here at West Virginia Watchdog are appreciative of our friend Don Surber. Surber is a columnist with the Charleston Daily Mail, and the past two days he has been keeping track of bills in our West Virginia Legislature which could be considered a bit goofy.
On Tuesday he brought attention to House Bill 2061, sponsored [...]

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 [...]

More than 125 people braved the snow and cold today to express their desire to vote on the definition of marriage by delivering more than 4,600 petitions to lawmakers at the West Virginia State Capitol. Watch the video below:

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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 [...]