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From the Well

 At Black Policy Day, participants oppose efforts to end DEI programs in West Virginia

Senate Signs Off On Laser Eye Surgery Bill

Student Welfare Bills Passed By Senate

Senate committee moves bill to exempt overtime pay from income tax

House Passes Amended Sextortion Bill

W.Va. House bill aims to enhance victim notification for offender releases or escapes

West Virginia House Passes Four Bills, Advances Legislative Action

News Headlines

State Government 

W.Va. Attorney General Asks Maryland To Table Fee On Coal

State Department of Veterans Assistance plans to contract out the management of Veterans Nursing Home in Clarksburg

New Secretary Talks More Training, Retention Plans For Department Of Human Services

Federal Government 

House Republicans unveil bill to avoid government shutdown

New Capito bill aims to fight drug traffickers

Senator Capito says West Virginia programs and organizations facing federal funding cuts should start to see some relief

Capito fields questions on DOGE, effects on West Virginia, during weekly briefing

Authorities: Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town

Justice Department Investigates Egg Industry Over Rising Prices

World, National, State & Local News 

States Dangle Incentives To Attract New Power Plants as Energy Demand Spikes

PA Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Policies Will Cost Pennsylvanians Big Money

 How dependent is WV on the federal government?

Business/Financial/Economic Development  

Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy

Huntington chamber signs partnership with student marketing agency

West Virginia Among Most Federally Dependent States, WalletHub Report Finds

Children & Families 

As cabinet secretary declines study of child welfare system, senators say responsibility is his

West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee lays over bill for child welfare system audit

Courts & Crime  

Supreme Court to hear appeal in PSC case involving utility that provides water to West Virginia’s maximum security prison

Bloom says non-partisan judicial vote is best

Book details biggest cases of former U.S. Attorney’s career in Northern W.Va.

Editorials & Opinions

Reporter’s Notebook: Midterm report

Education  

 WV Senate passes elementary student discipline bill, state teachers union calls measure ‘great step’

 ‘We’re drowning’: Teacher pay vs. cost of living approaches crisis level in WV’s Eastern Panhandle

Elections & Politics 

House passes bill to ban ranked choice voting in West Virginia

Energy & Environment  

West Virginia Coal Association president says the FirstEnergy natural gas plan is bad for ratepayers

 West Virginia lawmakers tilt at windmills in the face of a clean energy future

WV bypassing ratepayer protection chances in push for fossil fuel-fired data centers

Trump oil tariffs threaten vulnerable Republicans

First Responders, Military & Veterans 

Opponent of VetStart West Virginia program says garnering interest in vet tech career is more important than providing costly four-year opportunity

Military training exercises underway in Pocahontas, Randolph, and Greenbrier counties

Health Care 

WVU Medicine, Mon Health oppose certificate of need repeal

Local health systems oppose repeal of Certificate of Need

West Virginia certificate of need complicated

State Senate considers bill to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions under certain conditions

Hospital Day at the Legislature to Highlight Key Health Care Initiatives

Insurance

Providers opt out of $2.8B BCBS antitrust settlement, file lawsuits

UnitedHealth says execs kept no secrets, asks court to toss lawsuit

Interesting News 

Dorothy Draper Upholstery Weekend Returns to The Greenbrier

NWS explains why ‘mud rain’ fell across West Virginia

Pop Culture (Media, Music, Movies, etc.) 

Former NFL offensive lineman turned broadcaster Craig Wolfley dies at 66

Senior Citizens

xNewburg Senior Center hosts monthly sausage gravy and biscuit fundraiser breakfast

Sports 

Small named to All-Big 12 first-team; Harris honored for defense Texas Tech’s JT Toppin is Big 12 Player of the Year.

Pitt says Marshall doesn’t have sovereign immunity in football dispute

Substance Use Disorder

Four W.Va. Agencies Addressing Substance Use Secure Federal Grants

West Virginia First Foundation Chairman Matthew Harvey receives Richard “Dick” Shelton Lighthouse Award

Morrisey announces grant funds to combat drug addiction

Marion County Commission allocates opioid funds for mindfulness program targeting teens

Technology & Utilities  

Morgantown internet service provider owes $1.4M, gets fed prison term for defrauding government

Tourism & Nature

West Virginia Celebrates Ramps Season with Festivals and Dinners

Thirty-fifth Day – March 18, 2025: Last day to introduce bills in the House. House Rule 91a does not apply to originating or supplementary appropriation bills, and does not apply to Senate or House resolutions or concurrent resolutions.

Forty-first Day – March 24, 2025: Last day to introduce bills in the Senate. Senate Rule 14 does not apply to originating or supplementary appropriation bills, and does not apply to Senate or House resolutions or concurrent resolutions.

Forty-seventh Day – March 30, 2025: Bills due out of committees in house of origin to ensure three full days for readings.

Fiftieth Day – April 02, 2025: Last day to consider bill on third reading in house of origin. Does not include budget or supplementary appropriation bills.
(Joint Rule 5, paragraph b)

Sixtieth Day – April 12, 2025: Adjournment at Midnight.
(WV Const. Art. VI, §22)

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