House, Senate disagree on bill limiting governor's emergency powers | News, Sports, Jobs
Staff writer Steven Allen Adams POWER PLAYERS — Members of the conference committee for House Bill 2003 meet Friday morning. CHARLESTON — The debate was polite, but representatives of the House of Delegates and Senate could not hammer out a compromise Friday on a bill to limit the emergency powers of the governor. Members of the conference committee on House Bill 2003, relating to the authority and obligations of the governor and Legislature when in declared states of preparedness and emergency, could not agree on either the Senate’s conference committee report or the House’s confer...