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On this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas talks with Marshall Political Science Prof. Marybeth Beller to discuss the issues around the super majority and getting things accomplished.
Earlier this week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed House Bill 2354 into law. The law bans certain food dyes from school meals. The governor was joined by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. secretary of health and human services, at a media event in Martinsburg Friday. The two of them discussed additional health priorities for West Virginia and the nation.
In the House Friday, business was delayed for close to two hours due to procedural wrangling. Chris Schulz has more.
As opposed to the House, the Senate had a quiet day, moving through several bills without debate.
And for our weekly feature with our student reporters, Malia Saar and Emma Browning, they take a closer look at the budget process that the West Virginia Legislature is required, by law, to complete by the end of session.
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Much of West Virginia remains under a flood watch through 8 a.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service predicts multiple thunderstorms, some of them severe, across the state.
The industrial warehouse fire in Parkersburg is completely out and the shelter in place order has been lifted. Now is the time for cleanup and remediation, as well as an investigation into what caused the blaze.