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The West Virginia Legislatures special session ended Tuesday without providing an allocation for the states Flood Resiliency Trust Fund created last year. Gov. Jim Justice had previously called for the fund left empty by last years law creating it to be supplied with $50 million by the Legislature but left the matter off his list of legislative items for lawmakers to tackle during the special session that ended Tuesday.

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As the 2024 legislative session concludes, dozens of people who health providers say are ready for release remain indefinitely institutionalized at state mental hospitals.

West Virginia leaders have let legislation aimed at promoting small business growth in minority and low-income communities languish while the states Economic Development Authority has approved hundreds of millions of dollars in forgivable loans to large companies. Legislative leaders have brushed aside calls from The Rev. Matthew Watts and the Tuesday Morning Group to back legislation tailored to help small businesses grow in minority and low-income communities.

The bill would cut off the only remaining way for transgender kids to get gender-affirming care, after a similar ban passed last year.

On Feb. 19, 2024, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill, House Bill 5223, that would create a council aimed at revitalizing the states southern coalfield counties. The bill would establish a council consisting of governor’s cabinet members, southern coalfield county officials and higher education representatives.

The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee has approved House Bill 4784, which would institute setback requirements for wind turbines deemed too restrictive by industry. The approval followed testimony from a representative from the Heartland Institute, which has denied the scientific consensus that climate change is driven by human activity.

As the West Virginia Public Service Commission considers a request to change the amount of money utilities have to pay for electricity generated from solar panels, a bill that would