Published April 9, 2021 at 9:45 AM EDT Listen • 26:12
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The Legislature Today this week, House Judiciary Chair Moore Capito, R-Kanawha, and House Judiciary Minority Chair Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell, join reporter Emily Allen to discuss a plethora of bills their committee worked on this session, including multiple measures on criminal justice reform, elections and several related to the pandemic.
Also in this broadcast, Senior reporter Dave Mistich speaks with fellow statehouse reporters Steven Allen Adams of Ogden Newspapers and Brad McElhinny of West Virginia MetroNews to discuss the state budget process and the personal income tax repeal plans as the session goes into Saturday, the final day of the 2021 legislative session.
Statement From Chairman Of The Educational Broadcasting Authority
State funding for the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority, the governing board of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, is currently up for debate in the West Virginia Legislature. The proposed Senate bill zeroes out $3.8 million in funding for the EBA, while the House bill fully funds it.
In a statement, EBA Chairman Bill File said that everything West Virginia Public Broadcasting does is in service to the people of the Mountain State. I’m confident West Virginia’s Legislature and Administration will work to find a way to continue their critical support of WVPB, File said. The value WVPB brings to our State is enormous, as shown in its award-winning educational programs supporting our children’s efforts to learn during the recent pandemic. Public Broadcasting plays an important role in the quality of life in our State, and it has a positive impact on our efforts to recruit businesses and famili
It has been a week of snow, ice and power outages, but the work of the West Virginia Legislature continued at a brisk pace. This week on The Legislature Today, we speak with House and Senate leadership, and we have updates on numerous bills.
Published February 12, 2021 at 9:35 PM EST Listen • 26:00
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The Legislature Today will provide updates every Friday night on the week s news from the Capitol building.
This week, Gov. Jim Justice has outlined his legislative agenda for the 2021 session in his State of the State address. Host Suzanne Higgins speaks with minority leadership who share reaction to the governor’s address, and Senior Reporter Dave Mistich comments on the changes this year to the legislative process due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In Justice’s State of the State address Wednesday, he focused on the state s image. He outlined accomplishments, despite a harrowing year impacted by COVID-19. The governor also shared his legislative priorities. Emily Allen has the story.