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Senate Steadily Passes House Bills Back To House

House Bill 5091, or the West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, increases penalties for trespassing or damaging those areas. There are some drastic increases in fines in the bill like an increase in the  maximum fine from $5,000 to $100,000. The bill heads back to the House for consideration. 

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Bill That Would Strike Down ‘Rolling Coal’ Sparks Senate Committee Debate

A bill that would restrict "rolling coal" — a form of protest in which drivers release thick clouds of smog from there vehicles — advanced in the West Virginia Senate on Monday, but not without pushback from some lawmakers.

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Update: WVU Students Show Support For Palestine With Rally

Students on West Virginia University’s Morgantown campus held a rally in support of Palestine Wednesday. 

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Prison Workers Protest Staffing Shortage

More than a dozen correctional officers, medical staff and counselors from Hazelton lined Cheat Lake Road outside of Morgantown Friday morning to demand help at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton. 

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