WV Senate once again advances bill to increase prison sentences and parole requirements
SB 137 would raise minimum sentences and minimum time served before eligibility of parole for those convicted of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.
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Morrisey wants $10 million for AI flood warning. The bill to allow it would also remove a resiliency fund’s spending requirements around poor communities & payments to homeowners.
If passed, SB 390 would loosen restrictions on how the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund — which has never been funded — can spend its money.
WV House committee advances bill that could lower child labor standards
House Bill 4005 would remove the list of prohibited hazardous occupations from law and tie West Virginia law to federal Department of Labor Standards. This would lead to a loss in certain protections for sixteen and seventeen-year-olds, if the U.S. Department of Labor loosens its standards.
What Morrisey’s State of the State means for Black West Virginia
What the governor will be prioritizing in 2026 — and what's missing for our communities.
Morrisey paints a rosy, somewhat inaccurate, picture of WV’s economy
During his second State of the State address, the Governor outlined key legislative goals, including tax cuts, tourism, infrastructure and growing the workforce to strengthen the economy.
What passed, and died, during WV’s raucous 2025 legislative session?
With the 60-day session in the rearview mirror, here’s a look at some of the biggest bills that passed and died this year.
WV bill would criminalize the transportation of undocumented people
The bill purports to crack down on human smuggling and trafficking, but its broad definition of the terms could have a wide-ranging impact.
Anti-DEI bill advances in WV House
The bill just needs to pass the House Judiciary Committee and the House Floor.
Morrisey wants $10 million for AI flood warning. The bill to allow it would also remove a resiliency fund’s spending requirements around poor communities & payments to homeowners.
If passed, SB 390 would loosen restrictions on how the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund — which has never been funded — can spend its money.
WV House committee advances bill that could lower child labor standards
House Bill 4005 would remove the list of prohibited hazardous occupations from law and tie West Virginia law to federal Department of Labor Standards. This would lead to a loss in certain protections for sixteen and seventeen-year-olds, if the U.S. Department of Labor loosens its standards.
What Morrisey’s State of the State means for Black West Virginia
What the governor will be prioritizing in 2026 — and what's missing for our communities.
Morrisey paints a rosy, somewhat inaccurate, picture of WV’s economy
During his second State of the State address, the Governor outlined key legislative goals, including tax cuts, tourism, infrastructure and growing the workforce to strengthen the economy.
What passed, and died, during WV’s raucous 2025 legislative session?
With the 60-day session in the rearview mirror, here’s a look at some of the biggest bills that passed and died this year.
WV bill would criminalize the transportation of undocumented people
The bill purports to crack down on human smuggling and trafficking, but its broad definition of the terms could have a wide-ranging impact.
Anti-DEI bill advances in WV House
The bill just needs to pass the House Judiciary Committee and the House Floor.