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Stickers nearing expiration Senate committee that would repeal the article creating mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles in West Virginia. Senate Bill 325 is only one sentence long but, if enacted, would end the yearly inspection process required by the state, which has been in place since 1931. West Virginia is one of only 11 states (including Virginia) that still require an annual vehicle inspection. Eight other states require inspections under certain circumstances but not annually or for every vehicle. Two years ago, a bill would have changed the frequency to once every two yea...

West Virginia Legislative Photography House Energy and Manufacturing Chair Bill Anderson holds a committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 This article was updated on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, to include information about a new reference to the House Health and Human Resources Committee. The House of Delegates is on track to consider a bill that would exempt oil and gas operators closest to intake sites for drinking water from the 2014 Aboveground Storage Tank Act. Under existing law, above-ground storage tanks holding water and other byproduct materials gathered from gas and oil drilling ...

Winter storm Uri that swept through Texas has put a temporary halt on COVID-19 vaccinations and dose shipments this week.

Courtesy Winter storm Uri that swept through Texas has put a temporary halt on COVID-19 vaccinations and dose shipments this week. Texas was set to receive 407,650 first doses of the vaccine from the federal government this week but the shipment was postponed on Feb. 12 in anticipation of the bad weather, according to an article by The Texas Tribune. “Local providers have postponed vaccine clinics because it is not safe for people to be out across much of Texas. Vaccination will resume as soon as conditions permit,” Texas Department of State Health S...

WV Legislative Photography House Education Chair Del. Joe Ellington, R-Mercer, takes questions on HB 2012 during a House floor session on Feb. 16, 2021. The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed two much-watched education bills in the second week of this year’s state legislative session. HB 2012 would increase the number of public charter schools permitted in the state. The bill allows for up to 10 public charter schools to be established over a three-year period -- seven more schools than what’s currently in state code. The bill also allows for virtual public charter schools, among...