West Virginia Senate Passes Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Senate passed with bipartisan support today SB 357, the Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Senate passed with bipartisan support today SB 357, the Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015.
CHARLESTON, W.V. – Senate Minority Whip John Unger (D-Berkeley) says today’s news that global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) will be a new manufacturing plan in Berkeley County is great news.
Charleston – Today, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed two bills that are a part of the major agenda items for the first session of the 82nd Legislature.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Senate will honor the state’s Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts with a resolution on the Senate floor designating February 10 as Drug Court Day.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Senate today passed HB 2002, a bill relating to setting the limits on fault when multiple defendants are involved.
CHARLESTON— As a miner, labor representative and legislator, Delegate Mike Caputo (D-Marion) said he is shocked by coal-industry supported legislation to loosen mine health and safety laws. ”This is an example of a radical agenda being pursued in order to benefit big business without any regard for worker safety,” said Caputo, who is a WV AFL-CIO Vice President and United Mine Workers of America District 31 international vice president. “I am truly astounded that just five years after the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that took 29 coal miners’ lives, that anyone would be considering removing safety provisions intended to protect West Virginia miners in the event of a fire.
CHARLESTON, W.V. – Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler (D-Marshall) is urging all West Virginians to come to the State Capitol as a show support for West Virginia’s working men and women and building contractors. Minority Leader Kessler made his plea from the senate floor following an attempt to kill SB 361, the bill to repeal West Virginia’s prevailing wage law.
Charleston, W. Va. – In light of recent events, the West Virginia Women’s Caucus seeks to emphasize the importance of quickly and effectively reporting cases of sexual assault and abuse. Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, yet causes immense trauma in the life of a victim, especially for a child. It is important that a victim of this crime be cared for and actions be taken to prevent further occurrences.
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–Delegate Gary Howell (R-Mineral) has introduced, the “Graduating Good Citizens Bill” (HB 2425) in the West Virginia House of Delegates on January 21, 2015 in the first session of the 82nd Legislature.
“I look forward to listening to citizens and stakeholders express their views at this evening’s hearing on public charter schools. This proposed legislation will simply allow our local school systems to have the freedom to implement public charter schools.