Briana Heaney

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

More pollution may make it to streams in the state after the House of Delegates passed a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule package

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey held the first ceremonial bill signing event as a governor today where he signed “The Riley Gaines Act.”  On

The House of Delegates passed a Statewide Camping Ban bill. The bill is targeted at homeless encampments throughout the state.  Since a U.S. Supreme

The Senate passed a bill that would broadly expand the practice of optometry in the state. However, there were disagreements about how much those

A bill dubbed the Riley Gaines Act, which puts in state code that men and women will be defined based on the criteria for biological sex, has cleared both chambers. 

A bill that would ban foods that contain certain ingredients cleared the Senate this week, and is very close to completing legislation. This bill would

The House Judiciary Committee considered a statewide camping ban bill. The bill is targeted at homeless encampments throughout the state.  Since a

The House of Delegates passed a bill that would ban food that contained butylated hydroxyanisole, propylparaben, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2,

Nearly every day since the West Virginia legislative session began, each of the chamber's finance committees has been hosting hearings from different