West Virginia Legislature

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A bill that would provide support for the operation of MARC commuter train service in the Eastern Panhandle passed Saturday by a 98-1 vote in the House of Delegates on the last day of the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day session. The state Senate...

The House Government Organization Committee passed a bill to require at least one rate-paying residential customer be part of a public utility board’s membership, according to an audio webcast streamed live Tuesday on the West Virginia Legislature&...

Legislation aimed at eliminating “puppy mills” and providing minimum standards for horse-boarding facilities still are alive in the West Virginia Legislature after passing the Senate, the bills’ lead sponsor said. “We’ve...

Property values in Martinsburg have dropped for four consecutive years and the city’s general fund could lose revenue next year if the losses continue, city Finance Director Mark Spickler said. Values this year dropped by about 6 percent, which was...

Warren Mickey might have exaggerated, but he minced no words Tuesday telling Division of Highways officials they were moving too slow on plans to widen U.S. 340 South from Charles Town to the Virginia line. “You can’t buy a gallon of milk...

Nothing brought to mind more about the suffering that children who grow up poor and destitute endure than the testimony of a young woman Saturday at a forum organized to combat child poverty. Kristi Cotter, 23, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., in an emotional...

People crowded the sidewalk and spilled into West King Street across from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office in Martinsburg on Saturday for a Second Amendment rally and protest. “I think he’s sold us out,” Keith Morgan, president of...

As a Republican, I’m disappointed with my party To the editor: Norman Mailer said, “One must grow or forever pay the price of remaining the same.” I am a registered Republican. I am disappointed with my party. It is driven by a past...

Prescription turn-in event targets youth drug abuse To the editor: An alarming number of Washington County youth are intentionally abusing prescription medications to get high. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled...

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories profiling candidates in the Nov. 6 general election. Jim Ruland is hoping to deny state Sen. Herb Snyder another four-year term in the West Virginia Legislature in the Nov. 6 general election....

The newly renamed 65th Delegate District has four-year House veteran Tiffany Lawrence, the Democrat, trying to defend her seat in the West Virginia Legislature from Jill Upson, the Republican challenger and newcomer to Eastern Panhandle politics. The...