At a public hearing in the House of Delegates, speakers unanimously favored a bill to allow alcohol sales on Sunday mornings, but the hearing might not fully represent the feelings of West Virginians according to a recent poll.
The chamber’s Finance Committee will spend its third day discussing a bill that increases Division of Motor Vehicle Fees and some taxes to fund roads. The bill has already been approved in the Senate.
Senators voted today to allow the West Virginia University Institute of Technology to move its headquarters from Montgomery to Beckley and the former campus of Mountain State University.
Members of the Senate Education Committee began discussing a bill to repeal Common Core education standards and aligned assessments in the state. Although the state board of education has already adopted new standards, the bill is still sparking heated discussions between lawmakers and education officials.
Editor’s Note: In tonight’s episode, we mistakenly reported WVU Tech was located in Kanawha County. Montgomery is located in Fayette County.