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March 12, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Resolution Urging Convention of States Heads to House

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Members of the Senate approved a resolution Thursday calling for a convention of states to add a balanced budget amendment to the U. S. Constitution. ReadSenate Concurrent Resolution 13 was debated for days in the Senate's Judiciary Committee, and passed by the full chamber after a voice vote following hours…

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March 10, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Senate Finance Advances Balanced Budget Amendment Resolution

Charleston Gazette - West Virginia moved a step closer Monday to becoming the 27th state to call for a constitutional convention to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ReadWith members of the Senate Finance Committee objecting to Chairman Mike Hall's proposal to study the issue at a later meeting, the committee advanced…

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March 10, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Resolution Calling for Constitutional Change Moves Through Senate

Charleston Daily Mail - A resolution calling for a constitutional convention to tackle the nation's budget issues is one step closer to passage in the West Virginia Senate. ReadThe Senate Finance Committee on Monday took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, sponsored by Sen. Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio. If passed, West Virginia could become the 27th state…

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March 10, 2015 by Ted Boettner
State Senators Remain at Odds Over Constitutional Convention Resolution

Beckley Register-Herald - A balanced federal budget sounds like a good thing. But state lawmakers are at odds this week over what that means and how to get there. ReadSenate Concurrent Resolution 13 passed out of the Committee on Finance Monday afternoon on a split voice vote. The resolution urges Congress to propose a balanced…

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March 5, 2015 by Sean O'Leary
Group Encourages State to Study Retirement Plans

Charleston Daily Mail - A group of retirement savings advocates is asking the Legislature to spend the next year studying a way for the state to expand options for people to save for retirement, even if their employer does not currently offer a plan. ReadThe newly formed West Virginia Coalition for Retirement Options made a…

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March 2, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Bill Aims to Fill Social Worker Vacancies

Charleston Daily Mail - Social workers employed by the state Department of Health and Human Resources may soon be exempt from licensure. ReadThe House Government Organization Committee on Monday advanced Senate Bill 559. It seeks to add DHHR employees with "sufficient standards of qualification, education, training and experience" to a list of others exempted from…

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March 2, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Senate Studies House Bill to Repeal Common Core Education Standards

WV Public Broadcasting - At the legislature today, there's a deadline looming. By Wednesday at midnight, all the senate bills must be reported to the house and all the house bills reported to the senate. It makes for long lists of legislation to be considered on both floors. The house today passed a bill that…

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February 24, 2015 by Ted Boettner
Study Finds Limited Relief for W.Va. Coal Producers Under State Tax Reductions

SNL Financial - West Virginia coal producers could create between 150 and 196 jobs and provide $34 million in new economic activity if the state were to implement policies that favor in-state coal, a recent report from the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, or BBER, found. Read The report, titled "Government…

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February 20, 2015 by Sean O'Leary
No Support for Drug Testing

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Citing compassion for other human beings, constitutional concerns and no proven financial benefits from drug-testing welfare recipients, all speakers at a public hearing Thursday afternoon in the House of Delegates were against the bill that would make such testing law. ReadHB2021 would require testing Temporary Assistance to Needy Families recipients if…

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February 20, 2015 by Sean O'Leary
House Bill Implements Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients

Charleston Daily Mail - Legislation calling for the drug testing of welfare recipients has drawn ire from interest groups opposed to such laws. ReadThe House Health Committee held a public hearing Thursday on House Bill 2021, which would subject recipients of state and federal public assistance to drug tests. Groups such as ACLU of West…

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