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Lawmakers Vote To Dissolve Anti-Discrimination Office, Already Hollowed Out Amid DEI Cuts
The West Virginia House of Delegates voted Friday to pass Senate Bill 837, which would eliminate the West Virginia Office of Equal Opportunity. That office is charged with protecting residents from discrimination.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLegislature Passes Two Bills That Combine State Agencies
The two bills, House Bills 2008 and 2009 combine four state departments into two. Sen. Patricia Rucker, a Republican from Jefferson County, is the chair of the Senate Government Organization Committee, where the bills were sent to after they passed the Ho...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill That Creates Criminal And Civil Penalties For Medical Abortions Clears Senate
A bill that imposes both a possible civil and criminal penalty for prescribing or providing abortion medications to unlawfully terminate a pregnancy has now cleared the West Virginia Senate.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill Targeting Trans People Clears Senate
The first of a flurry of bills addressing gender and biological sex has passed the upper chamber. Senate Bill 456 defines...
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Vaccine Exemption Bill Progresses, Four Amendment Attempts Fail
In the Senate's debate over whether to amend the vaccine exemptions bill, senators talked about polio, live aborted fetus...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJefferson Co. Senate Candidates Debate Education, Environment, Abortion
Jefferson County residents will help decide one of this year’s contested races for the West Virginia Senate.
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