West Virginia First Energy Act

Senators Try, Try Again To Get Coal Support Bill Passed By House

A bill supporters say would stabilize utility costs and support the state's coal industry has bounced around like a ping-pong ball from one chamber to the next. Supporters tried to push it through again Thursday.

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House Rejects Senate Amendment To Energy Bill, Asks Upper Chamber To Recede

The Senate inserted a copy of SB 420 into HB 4026, an unrelated bill, despite the Senate bill advancing through the legislature.

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Marshall Professor Weighs In On Significance Of Nation’s Founding – 250 Years Later, This West Virginia Morning

WVPB had a conversation with Us & Them host Trey Kay earlier this week on the significance today of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. This week, WVPB is hosting a special screening event at Marshall University with excerpts from Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, and Kay will lead a panel discussion. We once again hear from Kay, this time speaking with one of the panelists — Marshall University political science professor George Davis — about why revisiting the nation’s founding story still matters. 

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Senate Creates West Virginia First Energy Act

Senators debated whether SB 420 would help stabilize utility prices and create coal jobs or have the opposite effect on utility bills.

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