The announcement comes just over two weeks that Ojeda announced he would leave the Senate and ten days after his resignation became effective.
DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on July 31, 2020, there have been 281,451 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 6,578 total cases and 116 deaths. We also breakdown the recent changes to SB 451 – comprehensive education reform – made in the House of Delegates.We bring you a special report and in-depth discussion on water infrastructure needs in West Virginia. She brings us a special report from Minden, West Virginia, and she chats with a lawmaker in the House of Delegates who’s also an environmental scientist.Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Trump, R-Morgan, and fellow Senate Judiciary member Mike Romano, D-Harrison, join host Suzanne Higgins to chat about some of the recent legislation they’ve considered in committee as well as on the Senate floor. Will Price / WV Legislative Photography
Host Suzanne Higgins speaks with a lawmaker who is also an environmental scientist, to review several environmental related bills.RISE is the state-run and federally funded Flood Recovery Program. Chance of rain 50%.. Tonight. Host Suzanne Higgins is joined by statehouse reporters Phil Kabler of The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Emily Allen of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and Steven Allen Adams of Ogden Newspapers.We discuss West Virginia’s children in crisis with members of a newly formed Public Health caucus.
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Mostly clear skies this evening will give way to occasional showers overnight. It was the first of two public hearings on the issue. We recap what happened with the bill since passing out of the West Virginia Senate on Monday, and where it is now in the committee process over in the House of Delegates.The West Virginia House of Delegates has scheduled a second public hearing on a long, sweeping and controversial education reform bill. The West Virginia House of Delegates is considering changes to Senate Bill 451 – or the education omnibus bill, as it is often referred to. Host Suzanne Higgins sits down with statehouse reporters Ryan Quinn of The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Taylor Stuck of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, and Brad McElhinny of WV MetroNews for this week’s roundtable.We look at two bills aimed at protecting health insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions – one offered by West Virginia Senate Republicans, and one offered by Senate Democrats.We explore support and opposition to a bill that would cut funding for greyhound racing at two West Virginia tracks, and we bring you the latest in West Virginia Legislative news.We bring you a special report and discussion on the challenges faced by West Virginia’s farmers. Today, hundreds are still displaced.We bring you the latest on this program and a discussion with state lawmakers who sit on the Joint Committee on Flooding. Also, West Virginia’s veterans were honored at the Capitol, and we bring you the latest in legislative action.On The Legislature Today, we explore the growing responsibilities of West Virginia’s Emergency Medical Services. Perry Bennett / WV Legislative Photography The measure’s fate is unclear in the House of Delegates.
Lawmakers decided Friday, Feb. 8, to add a second chance for members of the public to express their thoughts on Senate Bill 451.West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Energy and Environment Reporter Brittany Patterson joins us again on The Legislature Today to lead a discussion exploring environmental issues in West Virginia. Several issues have stirred up debate so far, including a bill that would repeal a tax on manufacturing equipment and inventory and another that would create an Intermediate Court of Appeals.
5:50. Host Suzanne Higgins speaks with two members of West Virginia’s EMS Advisory Council.As the senior population grows in West Virginia, more of the state's elderly are living alone, with disability, and facing hunger. Adobe Stock images / WVPB illustration Joshua Higginbotham and Sen. Stephen Baldwin about the growth of the oil and gas industry in West Virginia, and the challenges that go along with it. We hear about West Virginia’s suffragists and the need for West Virginia women to engage more actively in the political process.We’ve passed the deadline for bills to be introduced in the House of Delegates this session. Will Price / West Virginia Legislative Photography The Legislature Today is West Virginia's source for daily legislative news and information. The only live television program covering the West Virginia Legislature, the broadcast features reports from the Senate, House and committee meetings with in-depth interviews and analysis of the legislative process in West Virginia.The House of Delegates’ foster care bill was up for a vote in the Senate Friday, while the Senate's Intermediate Court of Appeals bill was up for a vote in the House. However, Gov. The only live television program covering the West Virginia Legislature, the broadcast features reports from the Senate, House and committee meetings with in-depth interviews and analysis of …